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Exoplanet Has Showers of Pebbles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-need-a-thicker-umbrella dept.

mmmscience writes "The newly-discovered exoplanet COROT-7b has an unusual form of precipitation: rocks. Because it orbits so close to its sun, the temperature on its sun-facing side is around 4220 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot enough for rocks to vaporize — not unlike water evaporating on Earth. And, like Earth, when the vapor cools in the upper atmosphere, it forms clouds and begins to rain. But instead of water, COROT-7b gets a shower of pebbles."

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  3. Re:Rock Rainbows? by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To this, let me just "add" that "overuse" of "quotation marks" is "annoying." I can almost "picture" you making the "air quotes" with your "fingers."

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  4. Re:Wow by EvilBudMan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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