Posted on 04/25/2007 3:07:03 AM PDT by FostersExport
Density is based on the weight of water, about 62 pounds per cubic foot. A cubic foot of rocky earth is 5.5 times as heavy as an equal volume of water. You can check this out. Drop a rock in a bucket of water. If it sinks it is heavier than water.
Godspeed, The Dilg
So, if we are able to send some sort of biological material there to create life there, would that be considered “Intelligent Design”?
That close to its primary it's going to be gravitationaly locked and not turning with respest to the primary. The force will be there but it'll be constant and won't affect anything
First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered
Zeenews.com | April 24, 2007
Posted on 04/24/2007 4:41:01 PM EDT by Sopater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822835/posts
New Planet Discovered
[http://space.newscientist.com/]
Posted on 04/24/2007 7:35:42 PM EDT by chessplayer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822931/posts
Potentially habitable planet found
Yahoo News | April 24, 2007 | By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Posted on 04/24/2007 8:50:02 PM EDT by frithguild
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822980/posts
The most Earth-like planet yet
news@nature.com | 25 April 2007 | Katharine Sanderson
Posted on 04/26/2007 2:49:17 AM EDT by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1823740/posts
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Well, it's also the FIRST terrestrial planet found inside the life zone of another star. That's big news.
They are saying that the sun would be about 20 times wider than a full moon when viewed from the surface of the planet.
Surprise during the Search for a Second Earth [ Gliese 581 ]
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft | Monday, June 11, 2007 | Uta Pohlmann
Posted on 06/11/2007 2:20:35 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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Ours is a spiffy little planet, but it is just the cradle for our species and we cannot stay in the cradle forever. Also, it is a damn tiny planet and humanity could use some extra elbow room. We can start with colonisation of nearby bodies and, when technology allows, head out of our solar system.
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