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14 Herculis b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 8.053 Jupiters, it takes 4.8 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 2.774 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2002. [Nice interactive graphic here]
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1 posted on 06/16/2025 6:34:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Named EXWIFE


4 posted on 06/16/2025 6:50:44 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: SunkenCiv

No, that’s just Hillary Clinton.


5 posted on 06/16/2025 6:51:36 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SunkenCiv

I recall a scene in the movie “Star Wars II” (1980) that took place on a planet covered with ice. Ice planets are cold.


8 posted on 06/16/2025 6:55:57 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SunkenCiv

A down jacket and boots for sure.


9 posted on 06/16/2025 6:57:09 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is it colder than Uranus?


14 posted on 06/16/2025 7:07:49 PM PDT by samkatz
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To: SunkenCiv
average temperature of:
Jupiter is about -234°F
Saturn is about -288°F
earth is 57°F

What am I missing in this report?
20 posted on 06/17/2025 12:50:02 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s an interesting definition of “frigid”, minus three centigrade. Earth is only 15 C, on average, barely above that. Mars is -62 C.


22 posted on 06/17/2025 4:00:23 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Nullius in verba)
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To: SunkenCiv

More ‘Fake News’ from NASA.


23 posted on 06/17/2025 4:16:25 AM PDT by 55Ford
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