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Strange New 'Twin' Worlds Found
toomanyairmiles writes "The BBC reports on the the discovery of 'twin worlds' which orbit each other, successfully blurring the line between planets and stars. 'Their existence challenges current theories about the formation of planets and stars.' according to the Journal of Science article which reports their existence. 'The pair belongs to what some astronomers believe is a new class of planet-like objects floating through space; so-called planetary mass objects, or "planemos", which are not bound to stars.'"
It's a space station!
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I think we can just stick to "The twins"...
"The pair belongs to what some astronomers believe is a new class of planet-like objects floating through space; so-called planetary mass objects, or "planemos", which are not bound to stars.'"
Once again proving that astronomers should not be naming things while drunk. Here's a handy reminder: "Remember the Planemos!"
Vincent J. Murphy
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Can it all really be random?
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"Yes, it's really easy to confuse a ball of rock with a star. I mean, the similarities are so obvious."
In terms of such stars as Ben Affleck, the similarities do start to build up.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Which one is the evil twin?
Thank you , I'll be here all evening!
how long until
Snakes, on a PLANEMO????
Where were you when the voynix came?
How about starlet?
Then we could name heavely bodies after heavenly bodies.
KFG
No need to get all excited because Galactus phoned in to Magrathea for the two-for-one special. Different toppings on each planemo, no less.
Where were you when the voynix came?
It marches to the beat of a different drummer. Its the "alternative" planet.
Yes, they always do.
We were all "extra-solar" at one point or another...know what I mean.
If it were originally a part of the "system" then it wouldn't seem so eccentic now would it?
Yeah, it got bored and had nothing better to do the next few billion years or so.
Obviouslly, 42
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all day.
When I have a kid, I want to put him in one of those strollers for twins and then run around the mall looking frantic.
The first planemo will make a very close approach to Earth. The second will smack right into earth. But by then the spaceships we cobble together with nifty 50's retro-tech will have blasted off with the lucky few colonists to build a new civilization. Too bad with such a small gene pool they'll devolve into slack jawed mouth breathers in a few generations. Looks like the future of reality TV is assured.
The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.
PlanemO's are actually God's cereal.
>[...]to make twin planets, you'd need only a nebula that's peanut-shaped, so it collapses into two bodies.
You got a planet in my peanut-shaped nebula!
Hey - YOU got a planet in my peanut-shaped nebula!
Smell that ?
It's the smell of rendering farms heating up at Pixar.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
this is what happens when the moon gets a bulge :/