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To: vannrox
The planet is five to 10 times heavier than Jupiter and orbits the star more than twice as far as Earth is from the Sun, or at a distance of roughly 186 million miles (300 million kilometers). It goes around the star every 712 days

This isn't exactly a planet as it's pushing the envelope for a protostar or brown dwarf classification. Of course being that large does mean that it will create it's own habitable zone in the form of radiated heat from the planet.

Come to think of it there was an article that postulated that Earth type planets may not be able to survive gravitational pertubations around stars due to influences from gas giants.

We may find that there are more habitable giant moons (like Callisto/Europa/Ganymede size) than habitable planets outside the solar system.

8 posted on 01/29/2003 6:46:12 AM PST by Centurion2000 (The meek shall inherit the Earth. The stars belong to the bold.)
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9 posted on 01/29/2003 6:51:44 AM PST by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: Centurion2000
"pertubations around stars due to influences from gas giants. "

There is a celebrity-activist joke in there somewhere.
15 posted on 01/29/2003 7:06:48 AM PST by Rebelbase (Rock with Celtic roots at http://www.sevennations.com)
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To: Centurion2000
We may find that there are more habitable giant moons (like Callisto/Europa/Ganymede size) than habitable planets outside the solar system.

That would be a way kewl place to live. Imagine what earth's sky would look like if the moon filled half of it!

23 posted on 04/01/2006 8:25:04 AM PST by null and void (Start worrying. Details to follow...)
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