Aeronautics Industry Aeronautics Industry    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Distant planet judged possibly habitable          Aeronautics Industry Forum Index -> Aeronautics Industry View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Guest Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:04 am    Post subject: Distant planet judged possibly habitable Distant planet judged possibly habitable In findings that if confirmed could stand as a landmark in history, astronomers report finding the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. http://www.world-science.net Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor robert casey Guest Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:24 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable neutrino750@yahoo.com wrote: Quote: Distant planet judged possibly habitable This is too much of a leap to make just yet. It might be like a super Venus... And don't red dwarf stars have a habit of flaring? Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor mike flugennock Guest Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:35 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable robert casey wrote: Quote: neutrino750@yahoo.com wrote: Distant planet judged possibly habitable This is too much of a leap to make just yet. It might be like a super Venus... ....with Super Venusian Fire Women? Damn, we really need to get cracking on that FTL drive. -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. _______________________________________________________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Greg D. Moore (Strider) Guest Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:31 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable "mike flugennock" <flvg3nn0zk@stinkers.org> wrote in message news:ee28d$462e94d3$4366619c$5362@msgid.meganewsservers.com... Quote: robert casey wrote: neutrino750@yahoo.com wrote: Distant planet judged possibly habitable This is too much of a leap to make just yet. It might be like a super Venus... ...with Super Venusian Fire Women? Damn, we really need to get cracking on that FTL drive. I'd settle for "real close ot the speed of light drive".... Quote: -- . "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. _______________________________________________________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org "Mikey'zine": dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org -- Greg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Orval Fairbairn Guest Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable In article <1177448699.477016.63510@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, neutrino750@yahoo.com wrote: Quote: Distant planet judged possibly habitable In findings that if confirmed could stand as a landmark in history, astronomers report finding the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. http://www.world-science.net If it has only a 13-hour transit time, tidal effects have probably slowed down its rotation to one per transit, making one side face its star and the other side always in the dark -- not conducive to the emergence of life. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor eyeball Guest Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:55 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable Are we sure we can trust the people of this planet?! Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Rand Simberg Guest Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:06 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable On 25 Apr 2007 18:55:54 -0700, in a place far, far away, eyeball <eyeball2002308@aol.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Quote: Are we sure we can trust the people of this planet?! If we're to judge by the small sample of you, probably not. Fortunately, most seem more intelligent. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Martin Dunne Guest Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:00 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable Orval Fairbairn wrote: Quote: If it has only a 13-hour transit time, tidal effects have probably slowed down its rotation to one per transit, making one side face its star and the other side always in the dark -- not conducive to the emergence of life. That's not the case; it's just sufficiently different from our model for the same arguments as precession. Martin -- http://sfsa.org.au/, the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club, Inc. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor eyeball Guest Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable On Apr 25, 10:06 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg) wrote: Quote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:55:54 -0700, in a place far, far away, eyeball eyeball2002...@aol.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Are we sure we can trust the people of this planet?! If we're to judge by the small sample of you, probably not. Fortunately, most seem more intelligent. In my experience,inability to distinguish a humorous post,combined with replying in insults,is usually a greater indicator of lower intelligence. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Rand Simberg Guest Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable On 26 Apr 2007 07:06:41 -0700, in a place far, far away, eyeball <eyeball2002308@aol.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Quote: On Apr 25, 10:06 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg) wrote: On 25 Apr 2007 18:55:54 -0700, in a place far, far away, eyeball eyeball2002...@aol.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Are we sure we can trust the people of this planet?! If we're to judge by the small sample of you, probably not. Fortunately, most seem more intelligent. In my experience,inability to distinguish a humorous post,combined with replying in insults,is usually a greater indicator of lower intelligence. How would one know that it was meant to be humorous? There are certainly plenty of people in this group that hate humanity, and don't mind saying so. Particularly with weird screen names, like "eyeball." Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor OM Guest Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:14 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable On 26 Apr 2007 07:06:41 -0700, eyeball <eyeball2002308@aol.com> wrote: Quote: In my experience,inability to distinguish a humorous post,combined with replying in insults,is usually a greater indicator of lower intelligence. ....Yeah, well, that's Rand Simberg for you. Just killfile him and put him out of your misery. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Hop David Guest Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:38 am    Post subject: Re: Distant planet judged possibly habitable Orval Fairbairn wrote: Quote: In article <1177448699.477016.63510@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, neutrino750@yahoo.com wrote: Distant planet judged possibly habitable In findings that if confirmed could stand as a landmark in history, astronomers report finding the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. http://www.world-science.net If it has only a 13-hour transit time, tidal effects have probably slowed down its rotation to one per transit, making one side face its star and the other side always in the dark -- not conducive to the emergence of life. This has been talked about a lot at rec.arts.sf.science. The conventional wisdom held a tide-locked planet near a red dwarf would be too hot on one side and too cold on the other. But (IIRC) Brian Davis told of computer models that showed atmospheric convection would distribute heat through out the planet's surface. So it's not a given that tide-locked planets are to be excluded from the list of possible life harboring planets. Hop Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Aeronautics Industry Forum Index -> Aeronautics Industry All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Aeronautics Industry----------------Aeronautics Industry  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum 222 Attacks blocked Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group