re: G star

Marcia — 8/13/2009 1:39:05 AM (archived)

You're right, Phil AND as the article perfectly states of the possibilities:

"The new planet is thought to have been flung into its "retrograde" orbit by a close encounter with either another planet or with a passing star."

I'm still glad we rotate around a 'G'. :)

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retrograde planet - Sawyer - 8/12/2009 8:46:49 PM
- G,G,G...More than one type but I think you got the gist (n/t) - Sawyer - 8/13/2009 1:51:08 PM
  - type==typo, LOL (n/t) - Sawyer - 8/13/2009 2:19:02 PM
- Oh, be a fine girl, kiss me. - Hank - 8/13/2009 1:22:10 AM
- G star - phil - 8/13/2009 1:04:34 AM
  - re: G star - Hank - 8/13/2009 1:54:24 AM
  - re: G star - Marcia - 8/13/2009 1:39:05 AM
- 2 or 3 times the size of the earth - FrankC - 8/12/2009 8:57:15 PM
  - Let's not confuse intelligence with technology. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/14/2009 4:16:14 AM
    - Plato, Socrates, and Society - Socrates II - 8/14/2009 1:36:32 PM
      - I said ADVANCED not rudimentary technology. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/14/2009 3:32:09 PM
        
        Intelligence and intellect are two different things - Socrates II - 8/14/2009 3:50:15 PM
        
        Agreed. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/14/2009 10:27:38 PM
  - 2 or 3 times the *mass* of the earth - Adam - 8/13/2009 6:45:18 AM
    - I'm sure there are dissenters - FrankC - 8/13/2009 8:42:25 PM
      - BTW - FrankC - 8/13/2009 8:49:04 PM
        
        "larger" - Nick Hoffman - 8/13/2009 11:44:09 PM
        
        Okay, I get it - FrankC - 8/14/2009 12:31:58 AM
        
        Planetary scaling - nick hoffman - 8/14/2009 9:23:20 AM
        
        Wet and soaking... - Adam - 8/14/2009 11:01:46 PM

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