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Exoplanet Candidates Revealed
An anonymous reader writes "Last summer, NASA announced that the Kepler space telescope had identified more than 700 exoplanet 'candidates' from the first few months of observations in 2009. Only 312 of the candidates were initially made public, while 400 others (click the green search button) were sequestered until February 2011. The team is soon expected to announce that a large number of these candidates have been confirmed as exoplanets. A non-profit organization in Boulder, Colorado supports scientific research on the Kepler data through $10 adopt-a-star donations. The price is $100 for confirmed exoplanets, so hurry while these 700+ stars are still 'candidates'!"
Some captain will be looking at their navigation interface and there will be an option for star system naming convention and it will read
"Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has only been one answer to that question." -- Clarence Darrow
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
No the real danger is when space travel becomes common place and your descendants are required to go there every week and clean the place up from trash and debris that all the people on the bypass toss there.
Emperor Ming will be pleased.
In 500 years will 'microsoft' or 'sucks' have the same meaning as they do now?
Imagine planet: "Ye olde tyme pudding shoppe doth inhale sharply"
o_O
I don't think you even get it named after you..
So it'll show you that you donated in three places.. big woop..
And a better question: they actually give a discount on a donation? I mean, if you don't want to donate, don't; and if you want to donate less than $100, then donate as much as you want. You actually need the incentive of adopt-a-star in order to donate?
Whenever in an argument, remember this.
First off, I'm a planet, and I'm not in your solar system. So, I think I'm more than qualified.
Well, maybe once ... back in college. But, really, who is to decide what is the wrong way to orbit? I was just experimenting. I have friends that orbit that way, and we'd been drinking you see. And that whole satellite thing was just a prank that got way out of hand. We paid for the damages.
I don't know ... I'm not really a five-year-plan person. I'm too young to get married, and I'm still trying to figure out what aspect of this I'd like to pursue.
Formerly Uranus, astronomers renamed this planet in 2620 "to end that stupid joke once and for all.
The joke will never end as long as there are assholes who enjoy it. After all, that god's name was pronounced "oorahnoos".
Sort of a questionable initial post here - no new candidates were actually revealed today, or anytime recently. However you can avail yourself of the raw lightcurves in bulk, and declare your own candidates, if you want to. So just go for it, if you have the time -
Actually there has always been two answers. But Clarence being male, only knew about purchasing it. Clarence's wife knew the other one - get some guy to buy it for you.
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