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To: mountainlion

It isn’t exactly the same. The goldilocks zone seems to be inhabited by gas giants. But there is no reason to think that life prefers rocky planets over gas giants.


4 posted on 11/27/2013 7:44:07 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The gas giants in our solar system have a huge number and variety of moons. With gas giants in the goldilocks zone they may have moons that could harbor life.


7 posted on 11/27/2013 7:52:31 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: BenLurkin
It isn’t exactly the same. The goldilocks zone seems to be inhabited by gas giants.

If that star is identical to our own (i.e. similar mass and heat) then the rocky planets would be real infernos. On the other hand, I wonder how they could remain in stable orbit that close to the star if it had the same mass as ours. So it makes me wonder if this is a much smaller star with corresponding reduction in mass/heat generated. Perhaps the zone is not in the same place for that star.

10 posted on 11/27/2013 7:55:59 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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