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A Strange Lonely Planet Found Without A Star
Science Daily ^
| 09 October 2013
Posted on 10/10/2013 12:49:33 AM PDT by zeestephen
This free-floating planet, dubbed PSO J318.5-22, is just 80 light-years away from Earth and has a mass only six times that of Jupiter. The planet formed a mere 12 million years ago -- a newborn in planet lifetimes.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; planet; psoj318522; rogueplanet; rogueplanets; science; star; xplanets
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"We have never before seen an object free-floating in space that that looks like this. It has all the characteristics of young planets found around other stars, but it is drifting out there all alone."
"Planets found by direct imaging are incredibly hard to study, since they are right next to their much brighter host stars. PSO J318.5-22 is not orbiting a star so it will be much easier for us to study. It is going to provide a wonderful view into the inner workings of gas-giant planets like Jupiter shortly after their birth."
To: zeestephen
Hmmm...thrown out of its solar system, or a death star!!
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posted on
10/10/2013 12:52:14 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
To: zeestephen
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posted on
10/10/2013 1:09:24 AM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: zeestephen
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posted on
10/10/2013 1:45:20 AM PDT
by
daku
To: SatinDoll
Hmmm...thrown out of its solar system, or a death star!!Be afraid. Very afraid.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:04:35 AM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Vlad the Impaler proposed no path to citizenship. Consider that.)
To: SatinDoll
It’s too big to be a space station.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:16:57 AM PDT
by
RC one
To: RC one
I have a very bad feeling about this.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:23:10 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: zeestephen
a wanderer..*cue music*
"Well..I'm a type of guy
who likes wanderer 'round".. by Dion.
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:40:06 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: zeestephen
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posted on
10/10/2013 2:44:41 AM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
(Why does my phone go all wonky every time I say something bad about Obama?)
To: Fresh Wind
“I have a very bad feeling about this.”
“That’s no moon.”
But seriously, at 80 light years it’s in another star’s neighborhood, not ours. It is no where near us.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:07:50 AM PDT
by
Justa
To: zeestephen
The planet formed a mere 12 million years ago How do they know?
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:09:52 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: hattend
My thoughts exactly. I think the way things are supposed to work is something like this:
Cloud of dust
Cloud of dust
Cloud of dust
Cloud of dust contracting
Cloud of dust contracting
Cloud of dust contracting
Planet!
And they say that last step happened 12 million years ago. Probably on a Tuesday. I'm sure how they can make that determination.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:14:56 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(21st century. I'm not a fan.)
To: zeestephen
Read about rouge planets, from theory to fact.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:15:58 AM PDT
by
Farnsworth
("The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no)
To: ClearCase_guy
Cloud of dust
Cloud of dust
Cloud of dust...
...And a hearty HI HO SILVER!
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:20:59 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: zeestephen
6x Jupiter?
Sounds more like a failed brown dwarf not a planet.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:22:18 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: zeestephen
How neat! Could it be it’s sun turned nova and this is all that would be left? I would assume Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will survive after our sun’s death.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:28:25 AM PDT
by
Gefn
(More Cowbell)
To: Vaquero
Sounds more like a failed brown dwarf not a planet.That's racist!!
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:33:00 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Fresh Wind
Like the one in Bad Santa
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:47:32 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: zeestephen
Wow. They can tell that a planet which is 80 light years away is 12 million years old just by looking at it. Sounds like something someone would say who makes a living sucking up money from taxpayers.
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:57:33 AM PDT
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
10/10/2013 3:59:53 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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