Speculate about the new super-earth recently detected

"Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" wrote in

Dan Goodman wrote:

"Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" wrote

Dan Goodman wrote:

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The rec.arts.sf.* newsgroup this belongs in is
rec.arts.sf.science, to which I have now redirected it.

So which newsgroup are you pretending you own?

None.

I find it hard to believe
that this topic doesn't fit in with all three newsgroups I
crossposted it to.

Sure -- just like other people find it hard to believe that
discussion of national politics doesn't belong in newsgroups devoted
to a particular state. Or discussion of the evils of circumcision
don't belong in travel newsgroups.

What does any of that have to do with me?

Think about it a bit.

And how could discussing a
recently discovered super-earth not be on topic in sci.astro and
sci.space.policy as well as rec.arts.sf.science?

Tsk. You were posting it in _another_ newsgroup in the rec.arts.sf.*
hierarchy, and I redirected from _there_ to the CORRECT group is this
hierarchy. Is your memory that short?

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Dan Goodman wrote:

And how could discussing a
recently discovered super-earth not be on topic in sci.astro and
sci.space.policy as well as rec.arts.sf.science?


Tsk. You were posting it in _another_ newsgroup in the rec.arts.sf.*
hierarchy, and I redirected from _there_ to the CORRECT group is this
hierarchy. Is your memory that short?



Extrasolar planets would be on topic in rec.arts.sf.written, it seems to me.

In fact it seems like they talk about _everything_ in rasw. Occasionally
they
even talk about science fiction and writing.

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Hop David wrote:

Dan Goodman wrote:

And how could discussing a
recently discovered super-earth not be on topic in sci.astro and
sci.space.policy as well as rec.arts.sf.science?


Tsk. You were posting it in _another_ newsgroup in the rec.arts.sf.*
hierarchy, and I redirected from _there_ to the CORRECT group is this
hierarchy. Is your memory that short?


Extrasolar planets would be on topic in rec.arts.sf.written, it seems to me.

Of course. All three of the groups I posted to are on topic for what I
posted. Given all the troll posts on usenet, why attack me? What the
hell did I do? I just asked a question about something I was interested
in, the point of this place, geez.



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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:00:07 -0700, "Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria''
)" wrote:



Hop David wrote:

Dan Goodman wrote:

And how could discussing a
recently discovered super-earth not be on topic in sci.astro and
sci.space.policy as well as rec.arts.sf.science?


Tsk. You were posting it in _another_ newsgroup in the rec.arts.sf.*
hierarchy, and I redirected from _there_ to the CORRECT group is this
hierarchy. Is your memory that short?


Extrasolar planets would be on topic in rec.arts.sf.written, it seems to me.

Of course. All three of the groups I posted to are on topic for what I
posted. Given all the troll posts on usenet, why attack me? What the
hell did I do? I just asked a question about something I was interested
in, the point of this place, geez.


You are just being you, Bill. That's usually enough all by itself.







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

#begin quote
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.

Maybe. It could also be a gas-giant remnant.


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.

Still, the discovery is a significant advance in technology: No planet
so small has ever been detected around a normal star.

Sure.


And the finding
reveals a solar system more similar to our own than anything found so
far.

Terrestrial in nature

Not. "Similar to our own" is not 14 Earth masses, a
900 K surface temperature, and unknown surface
conditions. Unless a 20 meter high cell-phone tower
could be counted as "similar" to a human being in
that it is 14 times taller and otherwise not similar
at all.

(Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )) wrote on 27.08.04 in :

Hop David wrote:

Dan Goodman wrote:

And how could discussing a
recently discovered super-earth not be on topic in sci.astro and
sci.space.policy as well as rec.arts.sf.science?


Tsk. You were posting it in _another_ newsgroup in the rec.arts.sf.*
hierarchy, and I redirected from _there_ to the CORRECT group is this
hierarchy. Is your memory that short?


Extrasolar planets would be on topic in rec.arts.sf.written, it seems to
me.

Of course. All three of the groups I posted to are on topic for what I
posted. Given all the troll posts on usenet, why attack me? What the

You weren't attacked, of course ...

hell did I do? I just asked a question about something I was interested
in, the point of this place, geez.

.... but by the amount of protest, you obviously *are* a kook - I can so no
reason why a rational poster would even be upset.

*plonk*

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

#begin quote
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.

"Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" wrote in
message :

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...th_040825.html

#begin quote
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.

That's more like a super-Mercury or super-Venus.

Mr. 4X from said %1
"Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' )" wrote in
message :

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...th_040825.html

#begin quote
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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