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NEWLY DISCOVERED PLANET HAS GLASS RAIN AND 4,500 MPH WIND
Animal New York ^
| July 11, 2013
| Andy Cush
Posted on 07/11/2013 4:24:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It also has atmospheric temperatures up to 2,000-degree fahrenheit. And in case you didn’t see it in the headline: Glass Rain! 4,500 MPH winds! This place sounds awesome.
NASA discovered the planet, dubbed HD 189733b, in 2005, but recently discovered new facts about its atmosphere with the Hubble telescope. The thing is only 2.9 million miles from its sun, which sounds far, but consider that Earth is 92.9 million miles away from ours. To make matters even more insane, the night temperature can be as much as 500 degrees lower than the day temperature.
I’m taking the first commercial spaceflight I can, see you guys there.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: hd189733b; xplanets
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To: nickcarraway
As long as it isn’t Chocolate Rain.
My kid used to play that just to annoy me.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:26:08 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:26:55 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
And in case you didn’t see it in the headline: Glass Rain! 4,500 MPH winds! This place sounds awesome.
LOL
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:27:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: nickcarraway
Are the Democrats going to want to make it a “National Park” too?
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:27:12 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: nickcarraway
Too little Al Gore, too late....
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:29:32 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nickcarraway
Does it have tangerine trees and marmalade skies?
-PJ
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:29:47 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: nickcarraway
It also has atmospheric temperatures up to 2,000-degree fahrenheit.
___________
It’ll have to do better than this to impress any female experienced with menopause.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:32:55 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: DManA
Surely you must have a tattoo of that guy.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:33:20 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: SunkenCiv
To: Army Air Corps
Why don't you put her in charge.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:35:49 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: nickcarraway
I try to avoid wind above 4,000 mph.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:36:53 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: nickcarraway
Too close for comfort...
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:37:52 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: nickcarraway
Creamatoria!!!!!
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:38:03 PM PDT
by
PushinTin
(Politicians are like diapers, the need to be changed often and for the same reason...)
To: nickcarraway
A 4,500 mph wind? Now that is sailing weather.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:39:35 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: PushinTin
If I owned this place and hell, I’d rent this place out and live in hell.
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:39:35 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: nickcarraway
OK kids, come inside out of the molten glass rain...
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:54:45 PM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: nickcarraway
To make matters even more insane, the night temperature can be as much as 500 degrees lower than the day temperature. But that's great! Sure, you're a little warm during the day but if you leave a window open at night you'll sleep just fine.
To: pax_et_bonum
>>>It’ll have to do better than this to impress any female experienced with menopause.>>>
LOL
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posted on
07/11/2013 4:59:57 PM PDT
by
kitkat
(STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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