Posted on 07/08/2014 4:08:20 PM PDT by robowombat
Great!!!
How many box tops does it take to get there?
The planet designated Kepler-186f, however, is earth-sized and orbits within the star’s habitable zone. ................................ Well I guess there isn’t a rush to go buy property there at the moment. I guess when we run out of oil, we’ll have to look for it there. I’m sure we don’t have to rush, its only 500 light years away. I’m sure as the years go by there will be many more livable planets found. At the same time, someone or something out there may be looking at our planet for the same reasons we are looking at theirs.
Wow!
I’m packing. When does my ride get here?
I’m over 70. They need to perfect cryogenics before I can board the rocket ship.
Will I have to support parasitic scum or be free?
I volunteer! Get me outta here.
Juan Pabla Montoya and Kyle Larson Thank You!
The planet’s atmospheric composition could potentially be determined via a process known as mass spectroscopy if it moved in front of a bright background light source such as the host star.
“The reflected light of a planet contains absorption bands due to minerals in the rocks present for rocky bodies, or due to the elements and molecules present in the atmospheres of gas giants. To date almost 1000 exoplanets have been discovered. These include so-called Hot Jupiters, as well as Earth-like planets. Using spectroscopy, compounds such as alkali metals, water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane have all been discovered.[54]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_spectroscopy#Planets
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“Transmission spectroscopy is a technique used to gather details about the chemical composition and the extent of the atmosphere of a transiting exoplanet. As the light from the host star passes through the atmosphere of the planet, some of the light is absorbed by the atoms, molecules or grains present in the atmosphere, making the exoplanet appear bigger. A plot of the size of the exoplanet as a function of wavelength gives a transmission spectrum. The shape of the transmission spectrum itself then can indicate which components are present in the atmosphere. An example of a transmission spectrum is shown below.
Transmission spectroscopy has been used to extensively to study the atmospheres of HD 209458 b and HD 189733 b amongst many other transiting planets”
http://www.exoclimes.com/topics/transmission-spectroscopy/
In reality we might just leave as a fuel component.
Ridicules comment. Are you suggesting exploration, observation, study and research for earth similar planets, other life, etc be stopped or is somehow nonsense?
Future inhabitants, our species on this little planet have more to worry about than running out of oil, since this planet and our sun have a shelf life which will leave earth a burned charcoal cinder or just vaporized.
Should exploration be given up because with current existing technology, they're too far away to get to or communicate with? I don't think so. There is a whole lot more we don't know than we do know at this point.
Man stays here and eventually man's time ends here. There will be no need for oil, water, history of man or anything else.
um, since it was the scientists themselves saying this, yes, you are spot on as to how honest and forthright they are. good of you to see that.
as for accuracy, the scientist is telling you what today’s technology is capable of.
it’s way better than it was 50 or 100 years ago and will be significantly better 100 years from now.
that’s a good thing, right?
The exact quote is forty-two. As everyone knows, 40-2 = 38.
The deep thought answer to the question is thus 38
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