re: Hey, A planet can survive a lot. Think about the Earth-Moon Collision...

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phil — 6/15/2005 5:39:47 PM (archived)

Interesting scenarios. Given that a more massive member of a binary system goes thru a planetary nebula or whatever stage, think of all the 'heavy metals" (astronomy term) that could get deposited on planets of the secondary star. What could this enriched environment develop over the next gigayear?

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Gl86B: a white dwarf orbits an exoplanet host star - ljk - 6/15/2005 1:53:30 PM
- re: Gl86B: a white dwarf orbits an exoplanet host star - p - 6/15/2005 2:54:24 PM
  - Hey, A planet can survive a lot. Think about the Earth-Moon Collision... - Nick Hoffman - 6/15/2005 3:26:14 PM
    - re: Hey, A planet can survive a lot. Think about the Earth-Moon Collision... - phil - 6/15/2005 5:39:47 PM
      - There's going to be a conference on life around M-class stars next month - ljk - 6/16/2005 5:01:07 PM
        
        M class stars - phil - 6/16/2005 9:24:31 PM
        
        M-Stars Lifespans - Adam - 6/16/2005 10:41:33 PM
        
        10 exp 7 or 8, who cares? - phil - 6/16/2005 11:50:02 PM
        
        Good point - Adam - 6/17/2005 3:25:33 AM
        
        large HZs - p - 6/17/2005 12:59:52 PM
        
        maybe... - Adam - 6/18/2005 1:22:19 AM
        
        re: maybe... - p - 6/18/2005 1:39:51 AM

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