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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:46 PM Original message |
A Million Questions About Habitable Planet Gliese 581g (Okay, 12) |
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Blues Heron (397 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. How big would Gliese 581 appear from the surface of this planet |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Both our sun and moon are about half a degree wide viewed from the Earth. |
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Blues Heron (397 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks! can't believe I forgot about the moon/sun apparent size equivalence! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Nice. I like your avatar. The "A" is like a modern scarlet letter. nt |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. An interesting bit about climate conditions - fairly stable, an astronomer says |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The IGC will NOT allow.... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. They must mean the atmosphere at the surface |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. It occurs to me that if there were a space-faring species inhabiting the Gliese 581 system |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Against that, they'd have a bigger gravity well to get out of |
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