olyclimber Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/24/exoplanet.reut/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerJ Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Could we send Al Gore there to check on global warming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 It appears to have a mass five times that of Earth's. Â hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 They only have one of them there red dwarfs. Probably couldn't even cook a hotdog with it. But Big Oil is probably drilling there right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 5 times the Earth's mass but what is the radius? Â B/c those high gravity planets are teh suck. V0 feels like V10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Could we build a rocket and send Kevbone to investigate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 5 times the Earth's mass but what is the radius? Â estimate of 1.5 X Earth's diameter, if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do the math. Volume is proportional to mass. And V= 4/3pi®^3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 They only have one of them there red dwarfs. Probably couldn't even cook a hotdog with it. But Big Oil is probably drilling there right now. Â Leave it to The Red Dwarf to dis this thread. We don't hate you, Bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do the math. Volume is proportional to mass. And V= 4/3pi®^3  I'm only quoting the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 5 times the Earth's mass but what is the radius? Â estimate of 1.5 X Earth's diameter, if I recall correctly. Â You're looking at more than doubling your Earth weight. Â Definitely a place where taun tauns would command a premium. Â Plus, a 13 day long year. Ice climbing one weekend, beach volleyball (helium filled) the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 but damn i'd get old quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Birthday hangover every 2 weeks. Ouch. Â And the gift buying! Â What a shithole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 but you would live longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Too bad they can't pin down a day length on this mofo. Â What if the day is longer than the year? Â THAT would fuck with Outlook, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 At 2x earth gravity, I can see myself as a SCUBA instructor.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 "Because of its temperature and relative proximity, this planet will most probably be a very important target of the future space missions dedicated to the search for extra-terrestrial life," Xavier Delfosse, a member of the team from Grenoble University in France, said in a statement. Â Â ooohhh a hunting expedition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 At 20.5 light years away don't hold your breath for the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 We need to put Bush on Mars before we can fund the Extraterrestrial Planet Finder, which could determine whether or not there might be plant life on this rock. Â Normally, I'm not much for manned space flight, but in this case.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 that's not far once we build one of these jewels...no, not Jodie Foster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Could we build a rocket and send Kevbone to investigate? Â So proud to be nominated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-rock Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Do the math. Volume is proportional to mass. And V= 4/3pi®^3  The planets have to have equivalent densities for this equation to be useful . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 The answer is 42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmallShoes Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Using g = 9.81 = G(mass of Earth)*(radius of earth)^-2 and the planet in question has 5 times the mass and 1.5 times the radius of the Earth, the planet should have about 2.22 g. Â Gary - Care to check my calculations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drater Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 5 times the Earth's mass but what is the radius? B/c those high gravity planets are teh suck. V0 feels like V10.   pfft...like you know what v10 feels like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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