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 Apr 15 2006, 02:34 AM
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http://www.extrasolar.net/
This website is awesome. It lists all the stars known to have planets orbiting around them. Until a couple of years ago, we didn't know of any! Sure, with our technology we can only spot gas giants the size of Jupiter, but if there are other systems with gas giants like ours, surely there have to be small rocky planets as well. Or at least moons around the gas giants! Groundbreaking stuff. And the artists' renditions make for great wallpaper. :smokin: |
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Apr 15 2006, 09:10 AM
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 it amazes me how much its changed in a few years
In 2012 they will launch a telescope so big it can see in high detail the small rocky planets in other systems, Hopefull the 2012 things just BS and we find a Earth 2 Wow ive just been looking on that site, a Trinary star system with planets, i never even knew A trinary(3 Suns!) start system could exsist |
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Apr 15 2006, 01:26 PM
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(Steroidcow) http://www.extrasolar.net/
Sure, with our technology we can only spot gas giants the size of Jupiter, but if there are other systems with gas giants like ours, surely there have to be small rocky planets as well. Or at least moons around the gas giants! : Well there has been planets discovered which are only a few times larger than earth and are thought to be terrestrial. So its not strictly true to say ; we can only spot gas giants at the moment. |
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