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Old March 10th 09, 01:49 AM posted to sci.astro
N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)[_418_]
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Default The Universe's oldest planet (so far)

Dear Yousuf Khan:

"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
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dlzc wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1620-26
... a bit more current stuff.

The CMBR back then was really hot, so it might
have done something interesting a few billion
years after formation.


What did you have in mind?


I simply meant that the "cold sink" the planet would be able to
send heat to was very hot, so hot that life such as we know it,
even around volcanic vents, coudl not exist. A billion years
later, things could cool down.

David A. Smith