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To: SunkenCiv

What determines a planet to be a “Super Earth”? A mostly rocky planet with a relatively shallow atmosphere? This one is 12.9 times as massive as Earth, and has an “equilibrium temperature” of 293 deg. F. Balmy, say I!

I suppose that environment is, at least, pretty rough on the Coronavirus.


12 posted on 05/18/2020 10:31:58 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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To: Paul R.

Boiled down, a super Earth is an exoplanet that is between the Earth (and actually smaller than than Earth, I’m guessin’) but smaller than the Uranian-Neptunian “ice giants”. Oh, and it has to wear the cape.

http://www.google.com/search?q=definition+of+super+earth


13 posted on 05/19/2020 7:02:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Paul R.
whoops, that should be "...an exoplanet that is between..."

14 posted on 05/19/2020 7:11:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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