Topic: WOW! Backyard telescope discovers new planet! (Read 1617 times)

Stormbringer · « **on:** August 27, 2004, 05:34:45 am »

This is incredible! Find's jupiter+ sized planet around another star. I guess this will cause backyard astronomers to orgasm!

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/exoplanet_transit_040824.html

J. Carney · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:42:22 pm »

Man, this just gets curiouser and curiouser as we go...

Looks like the odds are getting pretty good of us finding planets in general and better for finding Earth-like ones every day.

AlienLXIX · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:48:41 pm »

Hey wow that is soooo cool! Gosh do ya think that maybe one day soon we'll get to go to these new planets?

Clark Kent · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2004, 09:35:41 pm »

Riddle me this batman:
How is it a gas giant like this could survive so close to it's star, when saturn (i think) is farther from jupiter, and only lines up every now and again and jupiter is slowly sucking saturns atmosphere up as they pass each other each orbit?

kmelew · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2004, 09:46:07 pm »

Quote from: J. Carney on August 27, 2004, 03:42:22 pm

Man, this just gets curiouser and curiouser as we go...

Looks like the odds are getting pretty good of us finding planets in general and better for finding Earth-like ones every day.

When the next generation of orbital telescopes start coming online during the next 10-15 years this is a distinct posibility.

Just plain old Punisher · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2004, 05:25:43 pm »

Quote from: Clark Kent on August 27, 2004, 09:35:41 pm

Riddle me this batman:
How is it a gas giant like this could survive so close to it's star, when saturn (i think) is farther from jupiter, and only lines up every now and again and jupiter is slowly sucking saturns atmosphere up as they pass each other each orbit?

The star could be smaller, or other planetary gravatational forces could be in play allowing the gas giant to exist.

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