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New 'Gas Dwarf' Class of Alien Planets Revealed
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| Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com
Posted on 06/02/2014 1:51:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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06/02/2014 1:51:23 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
The team found clear dividing lines at the planets that were between 1.7 and 3.9 times the size of Earth. These boundaries likely mark changes in composition as well: Planets smaller than 1.7 Earths are likely to be rocky terrestrial bodies, while those 3.9 times larger are apt to be gas giants, the researchers said.
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06/02/2014 1:52:15 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
interesting.... gas dwarf....
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posted on
06/02/2014 1:52:39 PM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/02/2014 1:56:09 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: GeronL
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06/02/2014 1:56:29 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: BenLurkin
gas dwarf?
To: BenLurkin
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06/02/2014 2:08:54 PM PDT
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VanDeKoik
To: BenLurkin
....but never quite made it to the size of the planetary behemoths found in the Earth's the outer solar system, researchers said. That some bizzarre writing style there.
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06/02/2014 2:10:35 PM PDT
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ClaytonP
To: MeshugeMikey
Wouldn’t that be red dwarf?
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06/02/2014 2:11:11 PM PDT
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reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: BenLurkin
...a characteristic known as metallisticy...
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posted on
06/02/2014 2:13:50 PM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: ClaytonP
Must be enjoying the new “weed” laws in Colorado.
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posted on
06/02/2014 2:14:49 PM PDT
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SgtHooper
(This is not my tag!)
To: traderrob6
So many targets out thate that could fit that descriptive.
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06/02/2014 2:17:44 PM PDT
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xp38
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06/02/2014 2:18:34 PM PDT
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xp38
To: BenLurkin
Hey, if it can make a sheet ruffle, can I qualify for a ‘gas dwarf’ exemption next year? Tiny of force and stature but still worthy of note.. Unless your cats sleep under the blanket.
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posted on
06/02/2014 2:20:51 PM PDT
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NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: reg45
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06/02/2014 2:26:18 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: BenLurkin
They aren't "alien planets"...they are "undocumented planets."
How insensitive can they get? Sheesh!
To: BenLurkin
They aren't "alien planets"...they are "undocumented planets."
How insensitive can they get? Sheesh!
To: reg45
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06/02/2014 2:39:33 PM PDT
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anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: BenLurkin
Will liberals boycott NBC for using the words dwarfs & alien? Did NBC not get the note that those are banned words?
To: anymouse
Lister after a pack of Lager and a tray of chicken vindaloos....
Gas Dwarf!
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06/02/2014 2:58:07 PM PDT
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GraceG
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