Kepler Investigator Says 'Galaxy Is Rich In Earth-Like Planets'

On 7/29/10 7:07 AM, Brad Guth wrote:
There's no planet in the universe that's more snookered and
dumbfounded than Earth, so how hard would it actually be if a given
other planet or moon were not as nearly stupefied or UFU under faith-
based voodoo?


Translation: Brad is untutored in physics and astronomy.

On Jul 29, 3:49*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 7/29/10 7:07 AM, Brad Guth wrote:

There's no planet in the universe that's more snookered and
dumbfounded than Earth, so how hard would it actually be if a given
other planet or moon were not as nearly stupefied or UFU under faith-
based voodoo?

* *Translation: Brad is untutored in physics and astronomy.

Alternatively: Brad is untutored in solar energy potential on Earth.
(and all the other things)

On Jul 27, 11:10*am, Thad Floryan wrote:
In today's Slashdot:

Kepler Investigator Says 'Galaxy Is Rich In Earth-Like Planets'

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/27/0154212/Kepler-Investigato...
"
" In a recent presentation, Kepler co-investigator Dimitar Sasselov
" unexpectedly announced news that the Kepler Space Telescope has
" discovered scores of candidate Earth-like exoplanets. Not waiting
" for the official NASA press release to announce the discovery,
" Sasselov went into some detail at the TEDGlobal talk in Oxford,
" UK earlier this month. This surprise announcement comes hot on
" the heels of controversy that erupted last month *when the Kepler
" team said they were withholding data on 400 exoplanet candidates
" until February 2011. In light of this, Sasselov's unofficial
" announcement has already caused a stir. Keith Cowing, of
" NASAWatch.com, has commented on this surprise turn of events,
" saying it is really annoying 'that the Kepler folks were
" complaining about releasing information since they wanted more
" time to analyze it before making any announcements. And then
" the project's Co-I goes off and spills the beans before an
" exclusive audience -- offshore. We only find out about it when
" the video gets quietly posted weeks later.' Although Sasselov
" could have handled the announcement better (and waited until
" NASA made the official announcement), this has the potential
" to be one of the biggest astronomical discoveries of our time
" so long as these Earth-like 'candidates' are confirmed by
" further study.
"
http://news.discovery.com/space/kepler-scientist-galaxy-is-rich-in-ea...
"
http://www.ted.com/talks/dimitar_sasselov_how_we_found_hundreds_of_ea...
"
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1415

Using just the Steward Observatory, they already had this one on file.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38486216...science-space/
12 million year old PZ Tel A at 168 light years and with its 36 Mj
brown dwarf (PZ Tel B) at merely 18 AU should have some impressive
moons, possibly Earth sized none the less.

“An international team of astronomers, led by Beth Biller and Michael
Liu of the University of Hawaii, made the rare find using the Near-
Infrared Coronagraphic Imager (NICI), on the international 8-meter
Gemini-South Telescope in Chile. The brown dwarf is about 36 times the
mass of Jupiter, they found.”

With that kind of exoplanet resolution, imagine what Sirius A & B at
19.5 times closer should look like. All they need are those extremely
narrow bandpass filters and roughly 1/500th as much exposure.

~ BG

On Jul 31, whatever, Brad boldly Guffed where no man... :

With that kind of exoplanet resolution, imagine what Sirius A & B at
19.5 times closer should look like. *All they need are those extremely
narrow bandpass filters and roughly 1/500th as much exposure.

I hope you are allowing for parallactation and a following wind? When
I first saw the jewel-like motes circling around Sirius C in my 6"
refractor I nearly fell off the stepladder! Of course I took a few
snaps at the eyepiece with my heavily modified Brownie camera but the
film lab claimed there was nothing on the negatives. Now every black
car which passes our house slows right down before speeding away. Our
cat has been acting very strangely too. It keeps staring up at those
drones which hover in a perfect, equilateral triangle over our yard.
Is it normal for a Google Streetview camera to cycle past every
afternoon at 3.17 precisely? No, I thought not!! Dy'all want a pinch
of lunar salt with that?

"Chris.B" wrote in message
...
On Jul 31, whatever, Brad boldly Guffed where no man... :

With that kind of exoplanet resolution, imagine what Sirius A & B at
19.5 times closer should look like. All they need are those extremely
narrow bandpass filters and roughly 1/500th as much exposure.

I hope you are allowing for parallactation and a following wind? When
I first saw the jewel-like motes circling around Sirius C in my 6"
refractor I nearly fell off the stepladder! Of course I took a few
snaps at the eyepiece with my heavily modified Brownie camera but the
film lab claimed there was nothing on the negatives. Now every black
car which passes our house slows right down before speeding away. Our
cat has been acting very strangely too. It keeps staring up at those
drones which hover in a perfect, equilateral triangle over our yard.
Is it normal for a Google Streetview camera to cycle past every
afternoon at 3.17 precisely? No, I thought not!! Dy'all want a pinch
of lunar salt with that?


You should line everything you own with aluminum foil

On Jul 31, 1:51*pm, "David Staup" wrote:

You should line everything you own with aluminium foil

Been there. Done that.

It offers no protection from trolls but marginally reduces radiant
heat loss. (or gain)

I believe you may have missed the rather obvious humour in my post.

Don't worry about it. There's plenty more where that came from.

Ridicule, at short range, can be quite a useful weapon but is no
miracle cure for insanity, when well dug-in.

The magic bullet for anonymous trolls may well come down to a good
seeing-to with a baseball bat.

Sadly I am rather allergic to violence. Except when provoked!! :-)

"Chris.B" wrote in message
...
On Jul 31, 1:51 pm, "David Staup" wrote:

You should line everything you own with aluminium foil

Been there. Done that.

It offers no protection from trolls but marginally reduces radiant
heat loss. (or gain)

I believe you may have missed the rather obvious humour in my post.

Don't worry about it. There's plenty more where that came from.

Ridicule, at short range, can be quite a useful weapon but is no
miracle cure for insanity, when well dug-in.

The magic bullet for anonymous trolls may well come down to a good
seeing-to with a baseball bat.

Sadly I am rather allergic to violence. Except when provoked!! :-)

I think you missed the point of my reply....it wasn't meant for you! ;-)

On Jul 29, 6:49*am, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 7/29/10 7:07 AM, Brad Guth wrote:

There's no planet in the universe that's more snookered and
dumbfounded than Earth, so how hard would it actually be if a given
other planet or moon were not as nearly stupefied or UFU under faith-
based voodoo?

* *Translation: Brad is untutored in physics and astronomy.

Is your Semite approved voodoo better than ET voodoo?

What makes you think there's another planet with intelligent life
that's as screwed up or worse than Earth?

~ BG

On Jul 29, 11:05*am, "Chris.B" wrote:
On Jul 29, 3:49*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:

On 7/29/10 7:07 AM, Brad Guth wrote:

There's no planet in the universe that's more snookered and
dumbfounded than Earth, so how hard would it actually be if a given
other planet or moon were not as nearly stupefied or UFU under faith-
based voodoo?

* *Translation: Brad is untutored in physics and astronomy.

Alternatively: Brad is untutored in solar energy potential on Earth.
(and all the other things)

At least I buy into half of what Mook has to say about solar energy,
and that's half more than you have to offer.

~ BG

On Jul 31, 4:51*am, "David Staup" wrote:
"Chris.B" wrote in message

...
On Jul 31, whatever, Brad boldly Guffed where no man... :

With that kind of exoplanet resolution, imagine what Sirius A & B at
19.5 times closer should look like. All they need are those extremely
narrow bandpass filters and roughly 1/500th as much exposure.

I hope you are allowing for parallactation and a following wind? *When
I first saw the jewel-like motes circling around Sirius C in my 6"
refractor I nearly fell off the stepladder! *Of course I took a few
snaps at the eyepiece with my heavily modified Brownie camera but the
film lab claimed there was nothing on the negatives. Now every black
car which passes our house slows right down before speeding away. Our
cat has been acting very strangely too. It keeps staring up at those
drones which hover in a perfect, equilateral triangle over our yard.
Is it normal for a Google Streetview camera to cycle past every
afternoon at 3.17 precisely? No, I thought not!! Dy'all want a pinch
of lunar salt with that?

You should line everything you own with aluminum foil

Chris.B tends to soil his aluminum underpants, and the lack of proper
containment tends to leave a brown smelly trail everywhere he goes.

~ BG