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5 new gas giant planets - one in the habitable zone?

pwokenyaw — 2/1/2005 11:22:14 PM (archived)

Press release announcing the 5 new planets:

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/5NewPlanets.html

This one looks to me like it's in the habitable zone for its star (1.19 AU, star 1.08xSun's mass, moderate eccentricity):

http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/HD188015.html

Interesting place if it has an earth-sized satellite...

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5 new gas giant planets - one in the habitable zone? - pwokenyaw - 2/1/2005 11:22:14 PM
- re: HD 188015 b - Marcia - 2/2/2005 1:53:10 PM
  - re: HD 188015 b - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 12:45:32 AM
    - re: HD 188015 b - pwokenyaw - 2/3/2005 5:21:50 AM
    - Water Giant? - FrankC - 2/3/2005 5:02:08 AM
      - re: Water Giant? - REB - 2/3/2005 1:58:52 PM
        
        re: A moon with the mass of the Earth would be a nicer place - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 2:46:17 PM
        
        scaling Titan/Saturn mass ratio to 5xJupiter mass - pwokenyaw - 2/3/2005 5:12:49 PM
        
        Solar system analogs are a mistake - phil - 2/4/2005 1:02:00 AM
        
        No one's betting the farm on available data, so I think it's okay (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/4/2005 1:31:47 AM
        
        5xJupiter mass - FrankC - 2/3/2005 6:08:00 PM
        
        I think brown dwarfs are a minimum 13xJupiter mass (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/4/2005 12:03:17 AM
        
        You are more right than me, min. MJ10 (n/t) - FrankC - 2/4/2005 2:42:15 AM
        
        re: 5xJupiter mass - Marcia - 2/3/2005 11:59:37 PM
      - re: Water Giant? - or how to bake your own planet at home - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 9:58:50 AM
        
        P.S. Re: WaterMoons - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 10:03:52 AM
        
        Also... - Jacob Samorodin - 2/3/2005 9:46:12 PM
        
        re: Also.... Thank goodness for comets and icy asteroids. - Marcia - 2/4/2005 12:59:47 AM
  - re: Come on Maecia...You made this up because the Movie "waterworld" was on TV last night. - Scott Evil - 2/2/2005 3:57:37 PM
    - re: LOL Nope, I did not make it up and yes, we saw Waterworld last night. :) (n/t) - Marcia - 2/2/2005 10:37:10 PM
    - re: Come on Marcia...You made this up because the Movie "waterworld" was on TV last night. - pwokenyaw - 2/2/2005 5:57:10 PM
      - re: Capturing light we may otherwise never get to see. - Marcia - 2/2/2005 11:16:59 PM
  - Thanks folks for the links - phil - 2/2/2005 3:01:24 PM

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