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Second Solar System Like Ours Discovered
universetoday.com ^ | November 27, 2013 | Shannon Hall on

Posted on 11/27/2013 7:30:51 AM PST by BenLurkin

KOI-351 is “the first system with a significant number of planets (not just two or three, where random fluctuations can play a role) that shows a clear hierarchy like the solar system — with small, probably rocky, planets in the interior and gas giants in the (exterior),” Dr. Juan Cabrera, of the Institute of Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center, told Universe Today.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: koi351; tedholden; tedholdenisback; varmintspam; xplanets
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To: KarlInOhio

Better Erde than merde, I always say.


21 posted on 11/27/2013 8:52:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: KarlInOhio
Merkur? Erde? Sonnensystem?

It even has names similar to our system!

22 posted on 11/27/2013 9:10:07 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Larry Lucido; F15Eagle

Bizzaro World does exist!


23 posted on 11/27/2013 9:15:00 AM PST by Gamecock (If you like your constitution, you can keep your constitution. Period. (M.S.))
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To: BenLurkin

A site with a lot of detailed info on the system.

http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/system.html?id=KOI-351%20c


24 posted on 11/27/2013 9:15:15 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Gamecock

Could be that WE are Bizarro World and they’re the Normal World.


25 posted on 11/27/2013 9:40:55 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Gamecock

You just blew my mind!


26 posted on 11/27/2013 9:44:38 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

27 posted on 11/27/2013 9:58:22 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: BenLurkin; KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

Thanks BenLurkin.
 
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29 posted on 11/30/2013 9:35:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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