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Largest-Known Planet Befuddles Scientists

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the still-a-lot-of-ground-to-cover dept.

langelgjm writes to mention that scientists are quite puzzled over the discovery of the largest planet yet. According to study-leader Georgi Mandushev it should theoretically not even be able to exist. 'Dubbed TrES-4, the planet is about 1.7 times the size of Jupiter and belongs to a small subclass of "puffy" planets that have extremely low densities. The finding will be detailed in an upcoming issue of Astrophysical Journal. [...] "TrES-4 is way bigger than it's supposed to be," Mandushev told Space.com. "For its mass, it should be much smaller. It basically should be about the size of Jupiter and instead it's almost twice as big." "TrES-4 appears to be something of a theoretical problem," said study team member Edward Dunham, also of the Lowell Observatory. "Problems are good, though, since we learn new things by solving them."'"

6 of 385 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I have a theory... by xotmid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Woo hooo the world is flat! Hell yeah! Now i need to go proove that god does not exist.

  2. Re:I have a theory... by vigmeister · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now i need to go proove that god does not exist Sheesh! What a looser!

    P.S. Quite sad that I have to use bold tags to keep the spelling nazis away

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  3. Re:I have a theory... by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've got a theory. 42.

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  4. wEiRd NamE .... by zentronium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .... Y pOrQUe lO nOMbRaRON TreS-4?

  5. Re:I have a theory... by jollyreaper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've got a theory, it could be witches, some evil witches, which is ridiculous because Wicca good and love the earth and woman power and I'll be other there. No, no, I'm reading what you're typing and it seems like it should be in rhyming verse instead.

    I've got a theory
    A theory quite eerie
    To explain impossibilities
    To clarify irrationalities
    An improbable planet perplexing people
    A seemingly insoluble situation in the stars
    I've got a theory
    It could be witches! Yes, some evil witches
    Space witches from another world
    Bloating up planets, those evil space bitches!
    Thanks to them we are imperiled
    Until Jesus and Chuck Norris kicks their asses
    And declares space to be the United States of America, huzzah!
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  6. Re:I have a theory... by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Belief in any god pretty much qualifies you as a lunatic. You guys just like spreading your lunacy around a little.

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