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Astronomers Discover 'Pi Earth' Exoplanet Orbits Its Star Once Every 3.14 Days
www.sciencealert.com ^
| 22 SEPTEMBER 2020
| MICHELLE STARR
Posted on 09/22/2020 11:17:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
“...whipping around its star on an orbit that takes just 3.14 days. “
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An earth day is a completely arbitrary unit of time outside of earth and our solar system. There is no cosmic significance to Pi as a temporal interval of some other random planet’s orbital period.
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:22:40 AM PDT
by
z3n
To: Red Badger
Life can only exist on a planet like ours and the other factors that surround our planetary system. End of story. Period.
To: Red Badger
Or.... The exoplanet orbits its star in one day...its own day.
Exoplanet Days Matter.
To: captain_dave
Oh, nevermind...i guess that should be “year” and not “day”. Whatever.
To: captain_dave
It’s probably Tidal Locked, so that the ‘day’ is forever........................
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:34:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: z3n
Your nerdery is ruining the fun.
Thanks Sheldon...
:)
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:34:39 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Red Badger
“Oh they say that there’s a Pi up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you’re born and the day you die
No one seems to hear you when you cry.”
That’s some circular logic.
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:34:58 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: left that other site
Pi are round, cornbread are square..................
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:39:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
Now you’re going off on a tangent. :-)
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:40:48 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: left that other site
... it's so close to its star that its surface would be hellaciously hot. It would heat up to around 450 Kelvin (177 degrees Celsius, or 350 degrees Fahrenheit). 350°F is the perfect temperature...............for baking a Pi......................
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:43:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
This is a perfect thread for crusty old jokes! :-)
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posted on
09/22/2020 11:45:55 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: z3n
"Light-years" is also an earth-centric measurement.
The planet probably has the same side facing its star all the time. So maybe the dark side of the planet wouldn't be quite as hot.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/22/2020 12:10:03 PM PDT
by
A Voice
(As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
To: z3n
as ls our base 10 counting system
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posted on
09/22/2020 12:14:31 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Red Badger
Likely tidally locked and subject tlo massive and frequent soar flares - a high radiation environment were life as we know it would fry like bacon.
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posted on
09/22/2020 12:15:06 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Red Badger
Obviously- If one could speed up or slow down the length of time for this planets day then the value of PIE would change across the entire universe.
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posted on
09/22/2020 12:57:40 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: HighSierra5
"Life can only exist on a planet like ours and the other factors that surround our planetary system. End of story. Period." Not end of story. That's an unjustified conclusion.
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posted on
09/22/2020 1:03:03 PM PDT
by
mlo
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks Red Badger. Michelle Starr again.
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posted on
09/22/2020 1:32:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
Just when you get over your hangover, its New Years Eve again.
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posted on
09/22/2020 1:52:26 PM PDT
by
I-ambush
(Got arrested for inciting a peaceful riot)
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