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General Category => Astronomy & Science => Topic started by: atomic7732 on January 21, 2011, 06:44:08 AM

Title: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
Post by: atomic7732 on 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

Title: Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
Post by: Omnigeek6 on 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...

Title: Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
Post by: Chaotic Cow on January 21, 2011, 09:18:03 AM

Wow...I wonder what will be the next big discovery.

Title: Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
Post by: Naru523 on January 22, 2011, 05:08:53 PM

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?  :P