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1 posted on 04/28/2019 3:34:51 AM PDT by vannrox
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To: SunkenCiv

Heads up


2 posted on 04/28/2019 3:35:09 AM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: vannrox

This particular planet, however, is probably not too friendly for life. It orbits very close to its star, completing an orbit in only 7.8 days. Its estimated surface temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit (427 degrees Celsius).

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Forget about it.


4 posted on 04/28/2019 3:45:29 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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TESS has some catching up to do. A Feb. 23, 2017, NASA article, "Earth-Size Planets: The Newest, Weirdest Generation," previously claimed to have identified a "bumper crop of [seven] Earth-size planets" around a red dwarf star 40 light years away.
6 posted on 04/28/2019 5:53:09 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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