Not too sure about "planemos"

ljk — 8/4/2006 2:43:05 AM (archived)

Astronomers Discover Twin Planemos

La Silla, Chile (SPX) Aug 04, 2006

The cast of exoplanets has an extraordinary new member. Using the European Southern Observatory's telescopes, astronomers have discovered an approximately seven-Jupiter-mass companion to an object only twice as hefty.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Astronomers_Discover_Twin_Planemos_999.html

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What are planets? - Raoul - 8/3/2006 9:30:46 PM
- adjective like "terrestrial"? I thought we already had that. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/3/2006 9:47:29 PM
  - re: When it will be announced, it won't be a surprise; only something the whole world would agree with (n/t) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 5:31:50 PM
    - I'm too old and cranky to agree. - alcaray - 8/4/2006 8:08:52 PM
      - re: :-)) - Raoul - 8/4/2006 10:17:24 PM
  - We do - Fox - 8/3/2006 11:47:11 PM
    - Correction - Fox - 8/4/2006 12:05:39 AM
      - Not too sure about "planemos" - ljk - 8/4/2006 2:43:05 AM
        
        How is "planemos" pronounced? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:00:44 AM
        
        re: Not too sure about "planemos" -and dust clouds - Andrew - 8/4/2006 4:33:05 AM
        
        Object Survives Being Swallowed by a Star - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:10:49 PM
        
        urp! - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:04:04 AM
        
        Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star - LJK - 8/4/2006 6:11:48 PM
        
        Discovery of the Nearest L Dwarf: The Intrinsically Faintest Object at Visual Wavelengths Known Beyond Our Solar System - LJK - 8/4/2006 2:28:56 PM
        
        What the L ? - Fox - 8/5/2006 1:09:51 AM
        
        From ESO - ljk - 8/5/2006 1:59:26 AM

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