Pretty soon we will see Earth size planets.
To: Jack Hydrazine; ELS; ToxicMich; Cronos; A_perfect_lady; Art in Idaho; perplyone; TheOldLady; ...
2 posted on
05/09/2012 5:50:50 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
To: KevinDavis
3 posted on
05/09/2012 6:00:53 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: KevinDavis
"While the planet is not habitable..."Well..........ahem..............um, we are, so .......the "Super Earth" thing doesn't quite work.
4 posted on
05/09/2012 6:08:37 PM PDT by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: KevinDavis
I wonder if they actually did do a spectral analysis to determine the chemical makeup of the planet's atmosphere. That would be of significant importance in terms of knowing what type of a planet it is.
From the article:
"In this method, a telescope gazes at a star as a planet circles behind it. When the planet disappears from view, the light from the star system dips ever so slightly, but enough that astronomers can determine how much light came from the planet itself. This information reveals the temperature of a planet, and, in some cases, its atmospheric components."
5 posted on
05/09/2012 6:11:37 PM PDT by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: KevinDavis
Never mind, the answer is in the article:
“The new information is consistent with a prior theory that 55 Cancri e is a water world: a rocky core surrounded by a layer of water in a “supercritical” state where it is both liquid and gas, and topped by a blanket of steam.”
6 posted on
05/09/2012 6:13:45 PM PDT by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: KevinDavis
has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planetemanating? EMANATING??? planets do NOT emit light, they reflect it!!!
and this is from NASA...
7 posted on
05/09/2012 6:40:07 PM PDT by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: KevinDavis
” To explore, strange new worlds” ...
To: KevinDavis
“Pretty soon we will see Earth size planets.”
Let’s just find one with no global warming which can support growth of lots and lots of vegetables and chicken grow on trees. Perhaps all the liberals will go there.
15 posted on
05/09/2012 8:58:28 PM PDT by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 52% who pay Federal taxes)
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