Posted on 02/24/2010 4:12:41 PM PST by rdl6989
A star 600 light years from Earth is slowly devouring one of its own planets, according to a study released on Wednesday.
The planet, the discovery of which was reported last year, is a "gas giant" with a mass about 40 per cent greater than that of Jupiter, the biggest planet of our Solar System, and with a radius 79 per cent bigger.
But whereas Jupiter takes nearly 12 years to plod around the Sun, it takes WASP-12b a mere 26 hours to race around its star, WASP-12, located in the constellation of Auriga.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Ping.
Om nom nom nom nom nom
The star is just redistributing the wealth of the planet.
That’s nothing, our cannibal president is eating our country..
Who starred in Cannibal and why is he so hungry?
Who writes this stuff? lol
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Goodness gracious!
You wouldn’t need a pool heater there!
Michael Moore?
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Nah, too thin around the midsection to be Moore.
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