re: Not too sure about "planemos" -and dust clouds

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Andrew — 8/4/2006 4:33:05 AM (archived)

Planemos,
To mix things up even more, from the two BBC articles on these recently discovered planetary mass objects( i.e. planemos) they appear to be surrounded by dust clouds and it was suggested these might eventually form satellites creating â€˜planetoidsâ€™ orbiting the â€œplanemosâ€. A comparison with the moons of Jupiter was made.

â€œStrange Twin Worldâ€™s discoveredâ€
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5241774.stm

â€œMini-planet systems get strangerâ€
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5051706.stm

I wasn't able to get any sense if the planemos are likely to be common or just occassional oddballs. Any ideas?

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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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