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Belgian Astronomers Named Newly-Found Planetary System After Their Favorite Beer
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| 14 March 2017, 7:22 am EDT
| Amy Gordon
Posted on 03/14/2017 8:08:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A crew of five astronomers from Belgium have discovered an exceptional planetary system and surprisingly it has got the name of their favorite beer.
The planetary system has been christened TRAPPIST-1 by the astronomers after The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope or TRAPPIST. It is an arrangement of seven planets just 40 light-years away, surrounding a dwarf star.
The sizes of the planets are almost similar to that of the Earth. Three of the seven planets are in the liveable area of the star to ensure that they can reinforce liquid water in the external zone and support life.
Each exoplanet also received a nickname given by the team after conventional Trappist beers, such as Orval, Westvleteren and Rochefort, some of which have been fermented for hundred years.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; beer; science; trappist; trappist1; xplanets
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:08:22 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Not Spain’s Mahou?
Milwaukee’s Best?
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:11:03 PM PDT
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Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
To: BenLurkin
I would have hoped for Amstel or Stella (Artois)
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:14:35 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: BenLurkin
Named it after a beer? Now people will make fun of them. Should have kept their Silence.
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:15:51 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: BenLurkin
Please, please, please, Anheuser-Busch/IBG has plenty of money, they don’t need to have astronomical entities named after their brands.
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:16:31 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:19:03 PM PDT
by
W.
(Deny the infiltrating lazy scum who only want a free ride admission to the USA!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:24:07 PM PDT
by
WENDLE
(We said REPEAL the socialism NOT replace with other socialism.!! RINOCARE GOES NOWHERE)
To: WENDLE
Excuse me.CALL IT “TRUMP”!!
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:25:01 PM PDT
by
WENDLE
(We said REPEAL the socialism NOT replace with other socialism.!! RINOCARE GOES NOWHERE)
To: BenLurkin
Sulu: “Entering the Trappist system, captain. Slowing to impulse.”
McCoy: “About damn time! Y’ know how hard it is to get a good lambic ale out here?”
Spock: “Patience, Doctor. We will be in orbit shortly.”
McCoy: “Patience, hell!”
Kirk: “Easy, Bones! Tell you what, When we get there, I’ll buy the first round.”
CC
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:25:56 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: BenLurkin
Excellent. Lifting one to the astronomers, or would if I drank beer.
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:26:39 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Celtic Conservative
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:33:03 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: BenLurkin
Dwarf system? Seven planets? Sounds dopey!
To: BenLurkin
Those remote observatories can be a lonely place ;-)
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:35:21 PM PDT
by
DanielRedfoot
(Viva Le Deplorable)
To: BenLurkin
Read a beer book that said that Belgium is the “Disneyland of Beers”. Trappist isn’t a bad choice. (I’m partial to a red sour Belgian brew—but that would be a lousy name).
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:43:35 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: BenLurkin
That one closest to that star - Corona.
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posted on
03/14/2017 8:55:58 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/14/2017 9:14:04 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: BenLurkin
TRAPPIST IS CRAP!
Planet PBR!!!
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posted on
03/14/2017 9:29:40 PM PDT
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Organic Panic
(Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
To: BenLurkin
Eventually, you run out of deities to name things after.
To: Celtic Conservative
Spock: "Doctor McCoy, you are a sensualist."
McCoy: "You bet your pointed ears I am!"
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posted on
03/14/2017 10:01:51 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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