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MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:34

Astronomers have found a planet. Not generally terribly exciting news, but this is different. It's located in the 'Goldilocks zone', is about twice the size of Earth and is a balmy 22 degrees Celsius. It isn't yet known what the planet is mostly made of, be it rock, gas or liquid, and a return trip would set you up nicely for the 1197th anniversary of my being crowned Lord Protector of all The World, if one could travel at the speed of light. All in all, it's pretty exciting, and there's another 1094 of them to investigate further. All really quite exciting.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:37

Kepler 22-b.

Kepler 22-bians.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:57

Zardoz wrote:

Kepler 22-b.

Kepler 22-bians.

Artists impression of Kepler 22-bians.

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kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:08

MaliA wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Kepler 22-b.

Kepler 22-bians.

Artists impression of Kepler 22-bians.

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Fokkin Toobians.
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Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11862

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the team does not yet know if Kepler 22-b is made mostly of rock, gas or liquid.

That's a pretty fucking big unknown when declaring it to be "an Earth-like" planet!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 13:39

They probably mean round and blueish when they say Earth-like.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22366

Bobbyaro wrote:

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the team does not yet know if Kepler 22-b is made mostly of rock, gas or liquid.

That's a pretty fucking big unknown when declaring it to be "an Earth-like" planet!

There is always someone who has to be picky...

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10138

To be fair - I bet we'd struggle looking at Earth from a ways away too, what with the 66% surface water coverage. And if we happened to be looking at the north-west, we'd not see either through the rainclouds.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38597

Lot's of planets have a north

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10138

I bet it's not grim up all of them though.

Four_Candles · **Joined:** 27th Sep, 2009 **Posts:** 876

MaliA wrote:

Astronomers have found a planet. Not generally terribly exciting news, but this is different. It's located in the 'Goldilocks zone', is about twice the size of Earth and is a balmy 22 degrees Celsius. It isn't yet known what the planet is mostly made of, be it rock, gas or liquid, and a return trip would set you up nicely for the 1197th anniversary of my being crowned Lord Protector of all The World, if one could travel at the speed of light. All in all, it's pretty exciting, and there's another 1094 of them to investigate further. All really quite exciting.

Ahhhh, great - more worlds for us to completely fuck up (assuming we could get there!).

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10138

Four_Candles wrote:

Ahhhh, great - more worlds for us to introduce democracy to.

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 18:55

Bobbyaro wrote:

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the team does not yet know if Kepler 22-b is made mostly of rock, gas or liquid.

'rock, gas, liquid (spock, lizard)' - deep space astronomers favourite party game.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4750

kalmar wrote:

'rock, gas, liquid

Yeah, sometimes all three in one go.

Oh, this isn't the poo poo discussion thread. Soz.

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