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To: NormsRevenge

This new planet is even fluffier than Saturn. Three times fluffier. Doesn't seem possible.


18 posted on 09/15/2006 9:47:02 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale
This new planet is even fluffier than Saturn. Three times fluffier. Doesn't seem possible.
There are at least three possibilities; one is, that the planet is a recent arrival and in the process of spiralling down into the star; a second is, the density estimates are based on screwed up data or interpretation; a third is, the density estimates are wrong because the estimated distance to the system is wrong.
23 posted on 09/15/2006 2:25:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 2, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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