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Scientists discover binary sunset planet This is pretty cool

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Posted 15 July 2005 - 11:05 AM

Not exactly starwarsy but it's kind of nifty. They found a planet with three suns visible from it, so maybe Tatooine is out there somewhere too.

This article is about the planet they found
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8567313/

and this one describes the lieklyhood of others like it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7886263/

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Posted 15 July 2005 - 11:24 AM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Jul 15 2005, 11:05 AM)
Not exactly starwarsy but it's kind of nifty. They found a planet with three suns visible from it, so maybe Tatooine is out there somewhere too.

This article is about the planet they found
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8567313/ 

and this one describes the lieklyhood of others like it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7886263/


That is really cool. Thanks for posting it.
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 12:42 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Jul 15 2005, 11:05 AM)
so maybe Tatooine is out there somewhere too.


er, yeah... sure. geek.gif
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 09:28 AM

Nice article. I wonder what Fred MacMurray tv show they would watch there?

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Posted 16 July 2005 - 12:10 PM

Barend- say what you want, but all the astronomers are geeks, and you know that geeks love starwars. I have no doubt that there'll soon be a binary star planet called Tatooine.

glad you guys thought the article was cool though, but who's Fred MacMurray?

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Posted 18 July 2005 - 06:28 PM

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Posted 21 July 2005 - 01:54 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Jul 16 2005, 09:10 AM)
... I have no doubt that there'll soon be a binary star planet called Tatooine.


Pending a copyright infringement lawsuit by George Lucas, of course tongue.gif
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 02:54 PM

I read an article that says that most solar systems in our Galaxy are Binary.

Our Sol solar system is extremely rare and a planet in a perfect circular orbit like ours is even more rare.

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Posted 21 July 2005 - 04:00 PM

This is often used as proof that life does not ecist elsewhere in the universe. Which is pure baloney, it seems to me that there are millions of suns around with planets in earth-like planets in an earth-like rotation.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 05:28 PM

QUOTE (Otal Nimrodi @ Jul 21 2005, 05:00 PM)
This is often used as proof that life does not ecist elsewhere in the universe. Which is pure baloney, it seems to me that there are millions of suns around with planets in earth-like planets in an earth-like rotation.


Actually. If you are going to find life bearing planets. They most likely will be the same distance from the Galactic Core that we are. Suns and Planets of the right size formed there. In the center are the super giants. On the outer edges there is not enough material. Really life will only be found in a ring of life that is the circle formed by the distance we are from the core all the way around the galaxy. Life as we know it would be in that thin band. Also Most planets +/- 10% larger or smaller will not have water. The gravity has to be just right. Then they have to have the right elements to contribute to all the chemical reactions of life.

Then if life forms it has to be protected from space debris. They need their own Jupiter and Saturn to sweep a path free of asteroids for them too.
I could go on...

Life in the galaxy is actually exceedingly rare. In fact we might be it.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 06:23 PM

Naaaaaaaaah.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 07:26 PM

QUOTE (diligent_d @ Jul 21 2005, 07:23 PM)
Naaaaaaaaah.


OK. Consider our orbit around our Sun, 96,000,000 (96 million) miles away.

+/-10% closer or father we have a desert planet with no life like mars or an ice ball planet. Again no life. All the other life bearing planets would have to get that right too. you also need the right rotation speed. 1024 miles an hour. The right Polar tilt 27.5 degrees. The right amount of water and 1/6 mass moon 500,000 miles away to stir the tides. All factors needed for life.

You think you are just going to find that? The odds are astronomical already.

And there is even more...

Again I say, life is precious and extremely rare in space.

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Posted 21 July 2005 - 07:26 PM

That all sounds reasonable, and sad. I think it is also worth pointing out that intelligent life is dangerous to itself, and may have a short life span. There may be intelligent life in the Galaxy, but its period of star-travel capability disappeared in the great atomic wars of 600 BCE.

Hopefully there is intelligent life in other galaxies as well.
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