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Astronomers discover a free-range planet with incredible magnetism
Astronomy.com ^ | 08/03/18 | Jake Parks

Posted on 08/05/2018 9:48:03 AM PDT by Simon Green

A bizarre rogue planet without a star is roaming the Milky Way just 20 light-years from the Sun. And according to a recently published study in The Astrophysical Journal, this strange, nomadic world has an incredibly powerful magnetic field that is some 4 million times stronger than Earth’s. Furthermore, it generates spectacular auroras that would put our own northern lights to shame.

The new observations, made with the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), not only are the first radio observations of a planetary-mass object beyond our solar system, but also mark the first time researchers have measured the magnetic field of such a body.

Sizing up SIMP

The peculiar and untethered object, succinctly named SIMP J01365663+0933473 (we’ll call it SIMP for simplicity's sake), was first discovered back in 2016. At the time, researchers thought SIMP was a brown dwarf: an object that’s too big to be a planet, but too small to be a star. However, last year, another study showed that SIMP is just small enough, at 12.7 times the mass and 1.2 times the radius of Jupiter, to be considered a planet — albeit a mammoth one.

“This object is right at the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or ‘failed star,’ and is giving us some surprises that can potentially help us understand magnetic processes on both stars and planets,” said Arizona State University’s Melodie Kao, who led the new study on SIMP, in a press release.

For a planet, SIMP is also pretty hot: The world has a surface temperature of over 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (825 Celsius). For comparison, the hottest planet in our solar system is Venus, which sports an average temperature of around 875 F (470 C), while the Sun, a relatively small and cool star, has a surface temperature of about 10,000 F (5,500 C). However, it’s important to note that Venus gets most of its heat from the Sun. And since solitary SIMP is not orbiting a star, its heat must be leftover from its initial formation some 200 million years ago. So, over time, the planetary goliath will continue to radiate away its warmth.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; deusexmachina; magneticfield; milkyway; planet; rogueplanet; rogueplanets; science; simpj013656630933473; xplanets
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1 posted on 08/05/2018 9:48:03 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

Brown dwarf / giant free roaming planet. “How did it form?” That will be a fascinating question/ task.


2 posted on 08/05/2018 9:53:30 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: SunkenCiv

Exo planet ping. Let the Niburu rumors begin!


3 posted on 08/05/2018 9:56:29 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Simon Green
Free range & organic:


4 posted on 08/05/2018 9:59:52 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Simon Green

5 posted on 08/05/2018 10:00:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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To: Simon Green

“This object is right at the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or ‘failed star,’ and is giving us some surprises that can potentially help us understand magnetic processes on both stars and planets,” said Arizona State University’s Melodie Kao, who led the new study on SIMP, in a press release.

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Considering this new observation I think they need to change their definition of a brown dwarf. This isn’t a planet.


6 posted on 08/05/2018 10:38:50 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Simon Green

More information on this object:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMP_J013656.5%2B093347

More info on T class brown dwarfs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Class_T:_methane_dwarfs

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My guess is these are some crooked researchers figuring they’ll get more money if they call it a planet.


7 posted on 08/05/2018 10:45:10 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Simon Green

[[Astronomers discover a free-range planet with incredible magnetism]]

Oh swell- so it’s like 3 times more expensive than farm raised planets?


8 posted on 08/05/2018 10:47:37 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Simon Green

So THAT’S the Mother wheel Farakan was talking about.

5.56mm


9 posted on 08/05/2018 10:55:07 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: JimSEA

“For comparison, the hottest planet in our solar system is Venus.”

Wonder why Mercury isn’t the hottest? It’s the closest to our sun....


10 posted on 08/05/2018 11:58:57 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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Mercury do not have much of an atmosphere so it’s heat readily escapes into space. Venus on the other hand has a thick atmosphere that has a lot of CO2 so Venus retains it’s heat (energy).


11 posted on 08/05/2018 12:07:45 PM PDT by jpsb
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Thanks Redcitizen. Incredible magnetism? It's Planet Trump!
 
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12 posted on 08/05/2018 12:35:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: snoringbear; jpsb
Venus is a relatively recent addition to our Solar System.

13 posted on 08/05/2018 12:40:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Simon Green

“That’s no moon...”


14 posted on 08/05/2018 12:44:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SunkenCiv

If I remember correctly Immanuel Velikovsky thought Venus almost collided with Earth before being captured by the sun.


15 posted on 08/05/2018 12:47:38 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL, you going to have to explain that one to me.


16 posted on 08/05/2018 1:24:44 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Simon Green
. . just 20 light-years from the Sun . .

Just??? That's quite a distance.

17 posted on 08/05/2018 1:28:09 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: Simon Green

I don’t want to appear immodest, but...I know how it feels.


18 posted on 08/05/2018 1:33:52 PM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump has remained steadfast! This is leadership! Steadfast, America! We shall overcome!)
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To: antidemoncrat
Not a physical collision.

19 posted on 08/05/2018 1:46:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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20 posted on 08/05/2018 1:52:21 PM PDT by xp38
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