Resonances

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Resonances

nick hoffman — 1/24/2008 10:48:21 PM (archived)

Well, the article discusses the two planets being in resonance witheach other, so there's probably a tidal lick with the Neptunian planet, not the star, therefore (probably) a slow rotation of the planet - perhaps like Mercury?

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A 5-Earth Mass Exoplanet Circling the Red Dwarf GJ 436 - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 3:47:01 PM
- re: A 5-Earth Mass Exoplanet Circling the Red Dwarf GJ 436 - phil - 1/24/2008 8:44:25 PM
- This is actually a major breakthrough - nick hoffman - 1/24/2008 1:52:00 AM
  - re: This is actually a major breakthrough - phil from a library PC - 1/24/2008 8:38:39 PM
    - Resonances - nick hoffman - 1/24/2008 10:48:21 PM
      - re: Resonances - phil - 1/25/2008 9:44:48 PM
      - re: Resonances - Marcia - 1/25/2008 5:38:32 AM
  - I can't wait until we start figuring out how to take images of these things. - TAFKASE - 1/24/2008 3:28:11 AM
    - First picture of an exoplanet (from the VLT) - Raoul - 1/25/2008 10:33:17 PM
      - re: First picture of an exoplanet (from the VLT) - Socrates II - 1/28/2008 3:31:04 PM
- To the theme of rocky: getting....smallerrrr (n/t) - Sawyer - 1/23/2008 5:12:11 PM

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