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atomic7732
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First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
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January 21, 2011, 06:44:08 AM »
Kepler-10 b has a mass of 0.0143 Mj, that's right. 4 Earth masses. With Kepler technology, it can figure out if it's gaseous or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-10b
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Omnigeek6
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January 21, 2011, 07:49:20 AM »
Wow, I wouldn't have thought a 12 Gy old star would have enough heavy elements to form rocky planets!
Really interesting...
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Chaotic Cow
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Wow...I wonder what will be the next big discovery.
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Naru523
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Quote from: Chaotic Cow on January 21, 2011, 09:18:03 AM
Wow...I wonder what will be the next big discovery.
First confirmed earth-like planet?
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