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To: PatrickHenry
Earth-like planets may be more rare than thought

Even then, the wobble is detectable only for giant planets, which are those about as big as Jupiter, the bloated ball of gas in our Solar System. It is not possible at present to detect planets as small as the Earth.

Doesn't this last sentence invalidate the premise of the article?

113 posted on 07/30/2004 3:47:22 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: gitmo
Doesn't this last sentence invalidate the premise of the article?

Yes, it does.

139 posted on 07/30/2004 8:16:28 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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