To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Japanese astronomers used the Subaru telescope to observe planetary transits of the super-Earth, which is located at the centre of the Milky Way. Huh? They found a planet in a giant black hole 10,000 light years aways? Those must be good telescopes....
3 posted on
09/05/2013 10:53:43 AM PDT by
apillar
To: apillar
Japanese astronomers used the Subaru telescope to observe planetary transits of the super-Earth, which is located at the centre of the Milky Way.Huh? They found a planet in a giant black hole 10,000 light years aways? Those must be good telescopes....
No. No. No. The Subaru terescope is rocated at the centre of the Mirky Way. Geez, man.
7 posted on
09/05/2013 10:55:56 AM PDT by
Tenacious 1
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To: apillar
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10,000 light years... Did I miss something? According to the article, the planet is 40 light years away...
16 posted on
09/05/2013 11:10:20 AM PDT by
jonno
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To: apillar
They also get really good mileage...
18 posted on
09/05/2013 11:12:19 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: apillar; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Huh? They found a planet in a giant black hole 10,000 light years aways?
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Feel free to do additional research:
GJ 1214 b, which is located 40 light years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus, northwest of the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/124
55 posted on
09/05/2013 2:53:05 PM PDT by
dragnet2
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