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42 Worlds in 32 Days

Posted by timothy on from the beats-old-phineas-soundly dept.

Odie writes: "Since the first discovery of a planet around another star in 1995, some 60+ planetary systems have been discovered. That's about one every two month, most of them uninhabitable Jupiter-sized heavyweights. Not much statistics to put in the Drake equation. Recently though, the OGLE team has come up with more than 42 new candidates. Nice in itself, but what is spectacular is that they spent only 32 days finding them! At that rate COROT should soon find plenty of worlds to explore for you budding Starfleet sailors! "

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  1. 42.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on, need I say more?

  2. Lazarus Long by Alien54 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Lazarus Long had a quote someplace about the need to leave a planet when personal identification was required for those all around.

    Sounds like these are being discovered just about in time.

    ;-)

    Unless, of course, some of them are occupied. But what are the odds?

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  3. Re:Almost useful.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    LOL... correct me if I'm wrong, but don't "M-class planets" only exist in Star Trek?

    I don't think we actually have a system of planet classification, do we? I'm no astronomer, so any insight would be appreciated.

    Just goes to show how much Star Trek (among other SF shows, books, what have you) has influenced our lives.

  4. I'm surprised by duren686 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... that none of the trolls have made an OGLE team / heavenly bodies / Aria Giovanni post yet.

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