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To: Exit 109
"a first planet orbiting 55 Cancri "in 14.6 days at a distance only one-tenth that from Earth to the sun" That must be Vulcan.
7 posted on 06/13/2002 4:36:11 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
"a first planet orbiting 55 Cancri "in 14.6 days at a distance only one-tenth that from Earth to the sun" That must be Vulcan.

In Star Trek lore, Mr. Spock's home planet of Vulcan orbited Epsilon Eridani. Back about two years ago, astronomers reported discovering a planet orbiting that star, also.

25 posted on 06/13/2002 6:09:53 PM PDT by JoeSchem
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