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Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life
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Posted on 04/27/2012 11:32:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:33:28 AM PDT
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Scientists found the planet, Gliese 667Cc Why would anybody live on a planet with such a weird name?
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:35:35 AM PDT
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Izzy Dunne
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To: Red Badger
Isn’t it funny how everyone these days wants to find ANOTHER planet...
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:35:54 AM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: Izzy Dunne
Why would anybody live on a planet with such a weird name? It's better than Ceti Alpha 5...
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:37:37 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Red Badger
Only 20 light years away? Piece of cake. Let’s fill up the Buick and go see it.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:38:31 AM PDT
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lurk
To: Red Badger
Bad news is whatever you weigh now would be multiplied by 4.5 if you stepped out on that planet. If you weigh 180 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 810 pounds on that planet.
To: Izzy Dunne
The Glieseans would............
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:40:52 AM PDT
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Red Badger
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To: ohiobuckeye1997
Maybe we should call it Moochelle’s Planet...............
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:43:10 AM PDT
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I want to know if it will support as a base for conservatism.
.... just trying to have in my mind a place to live in a fantasy world.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:45:00 AM PDT
by
C210N
(Go Newt!)
To: Red Badger
...Gliese 667Cc, orbiting around a red dwarf star, 22 light years away from the earth... Dibs on the Starbucks franchise.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:46:00 AM PDT
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Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: ohiobuckeye1997
Actually, if it has about the same density as Earth, it would have about twice the diameter, so you’d only weigh 12.5% more (4.5x the gravity, but you’d feel 1/4 as much, so 4.5x/4 = 1.125x).
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:47:47 AM PDT
by
piytar
(The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
To: Red Badger
Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life If Obama is reelected, I'm starting work on my spaceship, at least now I have a destination...
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:49:10 AM PDT
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apillar
To: C210N
All you need is air, water and means of producing food.......everything else you can make yourself.................
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:49:23 AM PDT
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Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Scientists found the planet, Gliese 667Cc, orbiting around a red dwarf star, 22 light years away from the earth. Probably bug eyed aliens who can see in low light instead of the more esthetically pleasing Orion slave girls with their green skin and lithe, undulating, naked midriffs.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:50:08 AM PDT
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Sirius Lee
(Sofa King Mitt Odd Did Obamneycare)
To: Red Badger
Yikes!!! Only 22 light years away. In that case we should be on the lookout for very noisy reruns of I Love Lucy beaming to us from space.
Or Double Yikes. They could have been listening to our radio broadcasts from the 30’s or earlier and already be here with their just sub-luminal drive spaceships. Hide your Al Jolson records just for safety’s sake.
To: ohiobuckeye1997
Not necessarily.
It depends also on the size of the planet.
The force of gravity also depends on the distance from the center of mass.
Odds are this is not just a heavier planet, but a larger one, so the gravity on the surface would be less.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:53:43 AM PDT
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buwaya
To: Red Badger
It took billions of years for a technological species to appear on Earth. Life probably does exist elsewhere. It appeared fairly quickly on Earth, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re the only technological species.
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:53:46 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/27/2012 11:54:41 AM PDT
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Keith in Iowa
(Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
To: Sirius Lee
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04/27/2012 11:55:00 AM PDT
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Red Badger
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