Speculate about the new super-earth recently detected

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"Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" wrote in
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...th_040825.html

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In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers
have found one of the smallest planets known outside our solar
system, a world about 14 times the mass of our own around a star
much like the Sun.

It could be a rocky planet with a thin atmosphere, a sort of "super
Earth," the researchers said today.

But this is no typical Earth. It completes its tight orbit in less
than 10 days, compared to the 365 required for our year. Its daytime
face would be scorched.

The planet's surface conditions aren't known, said Portuguese
researcher Nuno Santos, who led the discovery. "However, we can
expect it to be quite hot, given the proximity to the star."

Hot as in around 1,160 degrees Fahrenheit (900 Kelvin), Santos told
SPACE.com.

Sounds more like a super-Mercury or super-Venus.

or Albuquerque...
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