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This graph shows the number of potentially habitable planets the Space Interferometry Mission PlanetQuest would have the sensitivity to find. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Planet-Finding by Numbers

1 posted on 10/18/2006 10:59:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 10/18/2006 10:59:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Dhimmicrati delenda est! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

An interesting question to answer, but I don't know if they could get an answer to it, would be- at what point does gravity hinder biological activity and render a planet uninhabitable to higher life forms?


3 posted on 10/19/2006 6:19:04 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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