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To: CurlyDave
Considering that the earth is "dark matter" I disagree.

"Dark matter" refers to a fundamentally different type of matter. OK explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter

14 posted on 04/04/2008 7:09:55 AM PDT by piytar
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To: piytar
The composition of dark matter is unknown, but may include ordinary and heavy neutrinos, recently postulated elementary particles such as WIMPs and axions, astronomical bodies such as dwarf stars and planets...

Even your reference agrees that dark matter includes planets. I stand by my assertion that the earth is "dark matter".

As I see it, cosmologists, and I have known more than a few, have no really good idea how many "dwarf stars", or "rogue planets" really exist. If all it takes to account for observed effects is postulating many more ordinary objects, which are known and fit within our current understanding of the universe, that is a more reasonable explanation than postulating enormous amounts of exotic new material which has not bene observed anywhere.

15 posted on 04/04/2008 8:42:10 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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