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atomic7732

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First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
« 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
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Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
« Reply #1 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...
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Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 09:18:03 am »
Wow...I wonder what will be the next big discovery.
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Re: First confirmed rocky extrasolar planet
« Reply #3 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
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