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To: Red Badger
"This planet sits on the outer edge of its star's habitable zone"

And just how do they ascertain a "habitable zone"? There are many very narrow variables necessary to sustain life here on earth. What is the termperature there? The atmosphere?, the gravity? The level of radiation? The tilt of the planet on its axis? etc. etc.

4 posted on 03/25/2014 10:44:12 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

I wouldn’t hop up and down yet shouting that we’ve found a second Earth. There are other factors, like our own Moon, that contribute greatly to habitability.


5 posted on 03/25/2014 10:47:13 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: circlecity

Does Bekin or Mayflower run that route? I’m ready!


6 posted on 03/25/2014 10:47:27 AM PDT by DocJhn
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To: circlecity

We’ll just have to go and take a look-see.................


9 posted on 03/25/2014 10:49:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: circlecity

Moon? Gotta have a moon for all the know reasons in atmosphere formation etcetera.


56 posted on 03/25/2014 12:49:52 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: circlecity

“And just how do they ascertain a “habitable zone”? There are many very narrow variables necessary to sustain life here on earth. What is the termperature there? The atmosphere?, the gravity? The level of radiation? The tilt of the planet on its axis? etc. etc.”

I wonder if people who have spent their entire lives dedicated to this field of study would think of questions like this or even better, more technical ones.


57 posted on 03/25/2014 12:56:22 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: circlecity
Wikipedia has a good article describing the Habitable Zone.

It basically related the mass and brightness of the star and the distance of the planet.

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68 posted on 03/25/2014 5:50:07 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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