This artist's impression shows Barnard b, a sub-Earth-mass planet that was discovered orbiting Barnard's star.ESO / M. Kornmesser
This artist's impression shows Barnard b, a sub-Earth-mass planet that was discovered orbiting Barnard's star.ESO / M. Kornmesser
Toldja!
Hey there lonely boy,
My only boy.
Great find. But it’s doubtful that intelligent life could exist there.
“The planet, dubbed “Barnard b,” orbits its star at only 0.02 astronomical unit, 20 times closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
This distance puts it well inside the star’s habitable zone: With a surface temperature of an estimated 400K (260°F), there is certainly no liquid water on its surface, even though the star itself is 2,500 K cooler than our Sun.”
But Voyager is not quite a light day from earth as far as I know. So we can get there in 50 x 365 x 6 = 109,500 years.
Barnard’s star is a small red dwarf star and the discovered planet is half the size of Venus orbiting 1.8 million miles from Barnard’s star. That means the planet with a surface temperature of 260 deg F and is tidally locked (one side always faces its sun).
It’s a suitable place for Demonicrats, but it’s otherwise uninhabitable.
There is a planet B after all.
Barnard’s star issued a press release saying that it’s not his planet and demanding a DNA test (or other chemical test). “I’m not paying planet support for 18 years, dammit!”
