FARK.com: (6835853) New deep-fried planets found, surprisingly not at the Iowa State Fair

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sno man

2011-12-21 06:11:32 PM

Extra Interesting....NOT the same two as yesterday's two.

M0nkeyp0x

2011-12-21 09:14:16 PM

"New "Deep Fried" Planets Found-Survivors of Star Death"

Yeah, I read that as "Death Star"

hogans

2011-12-21 10:00:23 PM

Just the same, eating them could be problematic.

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash

2011-12-21 10:04:13 PM

sno man: Extra Interesting....NOT the same two as yesterday's two.

I am an idiot when comes to the world of science and math and even English. But... are you sure about that? Again, I am a fool.

New planets are always interesting though.

encyclopediaplushuman

2011-12-21 10:42:35 PM

As an Iowan, I say

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UsikFark

2011-12-21 11:07:04 PM

encyclopediaplushuman: As an Iowan, I say

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Hey, AFAIK some of the crazier shiat starts in Texas. Then they drive the grease bucket up to Iowa to fry some shiat there. Give me a pork loin/ funnel cake anyday. Keep the tarantulas or whatever the fark the Texans loved down there in Hell, where it belongs.

maxheck

2011-12-21 11:28:13 PM

This sort of thing is neat stuff, and there's going to be a lot of it in the next few months.

We now have the ability to see teensy-tiny planets such as ours (thank you Kepler telescope!)

there4igraham

2011-12-21 11:47:08 PM

...not yet.

sno man

2011-12-21 11:54:49 PM

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: sno man: Extra Interesting....NOT the same two as yesterday's two.

I am an idiot when comes to the world of science and math and even English. But... are you sure about that? Again, I am a fool.

New planets are always interesting though.

FTFA:
The planetary pair, discovered using NASA's Kepler space telescope, are about 0.76 and 0.87 times Earth's radius, making the alien worlds the smallest planets detected so far around an active star, other than our sun.
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Just yesterday scientists announced the discovery of Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, two planets that are 0.87 and 1.03 times Earth's radius, respectively.

All four have orbits smaller than Mercury does around our sun. Yesterday's pair around a fairly similar star to our sun about 900 light-years away. Today's around a 'subdwarf' a very old nearly used up star about 4000 light-years away, that at one time was a similar star to our sun.

maq0r

2011-12-22 12:02:02 AM

Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

RyansPrivates

2011-12-22 12:08:56 AM

maq0r: Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

Me too!

/Iowa is a lot more progressive than most people think
//Not living in Iowa, but an Iowan

Bucky Katt

2011-12-22 12:14:04 AM

new planets are always cool

BalugaJoe

2011-12-22 12:23:30 AM

Do they have Jesus?

MrEricSir

2011-12-22 12:41:05 AM

Is the planet called Foodcourtia by any chance?

Dinjiin

2011-12-22 12:51:23 AM

FTA: Both planets whirl tightly around the subdwarf at distances roughly 40 times closer to their star than Mercury is to our sun. That means the planets have mean surface temperatures on their star-facing sides of 15,947°F (8,842°C) and 14,110°F (7,821°C).

Holy fark, that is hot. That is well above the boiling point for most (if not all) metals here on Earth. I'm curious what kind of atmosphere these planets have, and how much of that atmosphere is being blown into the planets' magnetotrail because of their sun.

maq0r

2011-12-22 01:38:28 AM

RyansPrivates: maq0r: Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

Me too!

/Iowa is a lot more progressive than most people think
//Not living in Iowa, but an Iowan

I know! My family lives in Washington state, which is like one of the most hippie/liberal/whateverman states ever. Usually they go "Oh washington state so liberal! nobody cares! democrats own this state! and..." "We have gay marriage in Iowa, a red state" *heads asplode*.

Abner Doon

2011-12-22 02:40:03 AM

Dinjiin: FTA: Both planets whirl tightly around the subdwarf at distances roughly 40 times closer to their star than Mercury is to our sun. That means the planets have mean surface temperatures on their star-facing sides of 15,947°F (8,842°C) and 14,110°F (7,821°C).

Holy fark, that is hot. That is well above the boiling point for most (if not all) metals here on Earth. I'm curious what kind of atmosphere these planets have, and how much of that atmosphere is being blown into the planets' magnetotrail because of their sun.

Yeah, I'm quite curious what they're even made of at those kinds of temperatures. What doesn't vaporize at those temps?

There must be something solid (or liquid maybe?) there to even exist as a planet for any length of time, right?

Barakku

2011-12-22 07:12:32 AM

Abner Doon: Dinjiin: FTA: Both planets whirl tightly around the subdwarf at distances roughly 40 times closer to their star than Mercury is to our sun. That means the planets have mean surface temperatures on their star-facing sides of 15,947°F (8,842°C) and 14,110°F (7,821°C).

Holy fark, that is hot. That is well above the boiling point for most (if not all) metals here on Earth. I'm curious what kind of atmosphere these planets have, and how much of that atmosphere is being blown into the planets' magnetotrail because of their sun.

Yeah, I'm quite curious what they're even made of at those kinds of temperatures. What doesn't vaporize at those temps?

There must be something solid (or liquid maybe?) there to even exist as a planet for any length of time, right?

The gravity of a planet can hold just about anything together, and with sufficient pressure stuff can no longer exist in it's vapor state...I believe. The core is thus probably solid no matter what it's made of.

BeerBear

2011-12-22 08:29:55 AM

hogans: [www.beertripper.com image 640x424]

Just the same, eating them could be problematic.

unless you are Galactus

YixilTesiphon

2011-12-22 09:48:41 AM

maq0r: Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

I know you're from Venezuela, so FYI: might want to rephrase that. Unless you actually masturbate to gay marriage whenever people make fun of Iowa, which is a little odd.

RyansPrivates

2011-12-22 11:24:18 AM

maq0r: RyansPrivates: maq0r: Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

Me too!

/Iowa is a lot more progressive than most people think
//Not living in Iowa, but an Iowan

I know! My family lives in Washington state, which is like one of the most hippie/liberal/whateverman states ever. Usually they go "Oh washington state so liberal! nobody cares! democrats own this state! and..." "We have gay marriage in Iowa, a red state" *heads asplode*.

I might say Iowa is purple (blue/red), but I find people don't really understand the state. The gist of it is that Iowans (for the most part) very much want to mind their own business when it comes to private matters. My theory is that since Iowa was settled as a farming state by any number of European immigrants, if you wanted your neighbors help, you better not have pissed them off by looking down on their religious/political or other beliefs. I found more tolerance in Iowa for racial, religious, or cultural differences than I do in Texas (with the possible exception of Austin).

Nintenfreak

2011-12-22 11:52:38 AM

So if I'm reading this correctly, these planets were orbiting within their star at one point. Is that right?

maq0r

2011-12-22 05:24:01 PM

YixilTesiphon: maq0r: Hey, at least we have gay marriage!

/Always tries to rub that one out when someone pokes fun of Iowa.
//Not an Iowan, but lives in Iowa.

I know you're from Venezuela, so FYI: might want to rephrase that. Unless you actually masturbate to gay marriage whenever people make fun of Iowa, which is a little odd.

hahahah was sort of trying to make a pun.

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