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'Orphan' alien planet with no parent is found near Earth
MSNBC ^
| November 14, 2012
| Mike Wall
Posted on 11/14/2012 7:55:04 PM PST by Altariel
Astronomers have discovered a potential "rogue" alien planet wandering alone just 100 light-years from Earth, suggesting that such starless worlds may be extremely common across the galaxy.
The free-floating object, called CFBDSIR2149, is likely a gas giant planet four to seven times more massive than Jupiter, scientists say in a new study unveiled Wednesday. The planet cruises unbound through space relatively close to Earth (in astronomical terms), perhaps after being booted from its own solar system.
"If this little object is a planet that has been ejected from its native system, it conjures up the striking image of orphaned worlds, drifting in the emptiness of space," study leader Philippe Delorme of the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble in France said in a statement.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; earth; immanuelvelikovsky; planet; planets; rogueplanet; rogueplanets; space; velikovsky; worldsincollision; xplanets
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posted on
11/14/2012 7:55:11 PM PST
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Altariel
To: Altariel
My question is which way is it “wandering”?
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posted on
11/14/2012 7:57:24 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Altariel
Thanks for posting, but has someone other than MSNBC written about this? I refuse to click through to MSNBC.
To: Altariel
4-7X bigger than Jupiter and ‘little planet’ is a big incongruous, but freeze me and send me. I don’t care if there is Avatar-level wildlife running the place, I want off this planet NOW.
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posted on
11/14/2012 7:59:28 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Once you go Asian, you never miss an equation.)
To: stillonaroll
this must be Bush”s fault, or caused by global warming.
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posted on
11/14/2012 7:59:56 PM PST
by
jimpick
To: Altariel
To: txhurl
It is slightly smaller than Obama’s narcissism.
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:03:54 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Altariel; Salamander
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:13:04 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Altariel
Failed star like a small Brown Dwarf?
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:15:36 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: Altariel
It’s planet X! Nibiru is coming! Don tin foil helmets and head for the Y2K shelters!
To: Boogieman
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:23:03 PM PST
by
null and void
(America - Abducted by Aliens...)
I wonder how much gas costs on a gas planet.
To: Altariel
near?
If that’s near, I’m a better shot than I thought.
To: rmlew
“Failed star like a small Brown Dwarf?”
OMG, a special needs minority planet which also should be considered for Affirmative Action Status!?
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:26:18 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: girlscout
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:32:33 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Rembrandt
OMG, a special needs minority planet which also should be considered for Affirmative Action Status!? Actually, sub-Brown Dwarfs, are also called "Gray Dwarfs". As such, they are white and have no special status.
http://space.wikia.com/wiki/Sub-brown_dwarf
http://space.wikia.com/wiki/Brown_dwarfs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-brown_dwarf
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~basri/bdwarfs/index.html
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:36:47 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: Altariel
“Resistance is futile”...
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:37:31 PM PST
by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
To: null and void
Excellent classical reference!
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:43:08 PM PST
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:46:43 PM PST
by
Eaker
( If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles.)
To: Altariel
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posted on
11/14/2012 8:50:41 PM PST
by
Bratch
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