http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-18097 Eliza Strickland Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:19:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/#comment-18097 Well, I did say MOST Earth-like! As in, more Earth-like than the exoplanets we've seen before, which have mostly been gas giants. Well, I did say MOST Earth-like! As in, more Earth-like than the exoplanets we’ve seen before, which have mostly been gas giants.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-18057 Ken Erickson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:03:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/#comment-18057 I think it's pushing things a bit to say this planet is 'Earth-like'. In my opinion, your title is misleading. My grandmother used to run a very hot tub for me when I was a child and I was inclined to think that wasn't survivable. So 1000 degrees doesn't seem very 'Earth-like' to me. I think it’s pushing things a bit to say this planet is ‘Earth-like’. In my opinion, your title is misleading. My grandmother used to run a very hot tub for me when I was a child and I was inclined to think that wasn’t survivable. So 1000 degrees doesn’t seem very ‘Earth-like’ to me.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-18033 Chubbee Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:30:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/#comment-18033 “It would be a very odd place to set foot on,” she says [Nature News]. The first person to set foot on Exo-7b....."OW! OOO! OW! “It would be a very odd place to set foot on,” she says [Nature News].
The first person to set foot on Exo-7b…..”OW! OOO! OW!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/comment-page-1/#comment-18005 Uncle Al Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:48:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/small-rocky-exoplanet-is-the-most-earth-like-world-ever-seen/#comment-18005 The mass and diameter estimations put its composition near mostly iron. It sounds like the core of a gas giant whose volatiles have been blasted away. The mass and diameter estimations put its composition near mostly iron. It sounds like the core of a gas giant whose volatiles have been blasted away.

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