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TRAPPIST-1 Planets Could Have Substantial Surface Water
www.popularmechanics.com ^ | Jan 24, 2018 | By Jay Bennett

Posted on 01/24/2018 11:42:04 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Wuli

Well scientists don’t know much. The theory of earth and other planets forming from a solar disk is still a theory and as such is not proven by any means. There are other possibilities. Also since most stars go through cycles of nucleogenesis which is how all elements other than hydrogen and helium are formed in the first place. So when a star ends its life most of the atoms will be oxygen, carbon and iron. Sheer proximity would allow water to form in massive quantities.


21 posted on 01/24/2018 6:38:06 PM PST by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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“Sheer proximity would allow water to form in massive quantities.”

Your theory.

“Allow” is not the same as “cause” as the cause - all the right conditions, requires more than “sheer proximity”.


22 posted on 01/25/2018 7:11:39 AM PST by Wuli
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23 posted on 12/14/2021 10:37:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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