Three Tiny Exoplanets Suggest Solar System Not So Special
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Three Tiny Exoplanets Suggest Solar System Not So Special
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by Acetone » Jan 17, 2012 3:09 am
Adding to its already long roster of firsts, NASA's Kepler spacecraft has found the three smallest extrasolar planets ever detected — all of them smaller than Earth, and the most diminutive no larger than Mars. The newly discovered trio forms a miniature planetary system orbiting a cool, dim red dwarf star called KOI-961.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... &ref=worth
All smaller than Earth! Good news. Looks to me like Kepler is doing it's job real well.
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Re: Three Tiny Exoplanets Suggest Solar System Not So Special
#2 by Onyx8 » Jan 17, 2012 4:04 am
Man, do we live in exciting times!
The problem with fantasies is you can't really insist that everyone else believes in yours, the other problem with fantasies is that most believers of fantasies eventually get around to doing exactly that.
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Re: Three Tiny Exoplanets Suggest Solar System Not So Special
#3 by cavarka9 » Jan 17, 2012 4:20 am
Onyx8 wrote:Man, do we live in exciting times!
a 100 yrs from now would have been better, no death from natural ageing
well, I have always felt that we are not limited by our compassion or by our passion or resources but by our economy.
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