tvashtarkatena Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 One planet, four suns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 more to the point, would even einstein be able to figure out their tide chart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I don't think anybody would have much time to worry about sunrise and sunset or high and low tide. H1 orbits outside the 20-day orbit of a pair of eclipsing stars that are 1.5 and 0.41 times the mass of the Sun. It revolves around its host stars roughly every 138 days. Beyond the planet's orbit at about 1000 AU (roughly 1000 times the distance between Earth and the Sun) is a second pair of stars orbiting the planetary system. How long till I'm burned to a crisp sounds like a better question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 ah but there may be undetected habitable planets in the system, grasshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sunrise is when the sun comes up buttercup. Rainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 First truly earth size planet discovered around our closest neighbor(s) the Alpha Centauri system. The planet orbits sun-like Alpha Centauri B. Weather's a bit toasty there, though - it's only 4 million miles from the star. Big week for planet hunters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Lots on interesting things being found these days. Guy I works with son in law to be recently discovered some planet. For myself, I thought that the Mars project is fishing out some astounding things as well....dry river beds, warmer than expected temps, mystery spheres...Woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 It's a great time to be alive, fo sho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Sunrise is when Ethan Hawke gets to bang Julie Delpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 no mention of the diamond planet from last week? the boers are gonna love this place! bring yer own black people... http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/astronomers-dis.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Meh, I read about the diamond planet months ago, or a diamond planet, anyway. Or...maybe it was just a zircon planet. Can't remember. FAUX isn't drowning in its own bluster tonight for some reason. Hmmm. Slow news day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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