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Vintage Girl
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: Baby Planet |
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| Quote: | | The youngest planet ever detected has been found developing inside a distant "womb of gas," scientists have announced. |
How exciting! It seems this developing planet may be just a few hundred years old. The next youngest found being 10 million years old and our own sun 4.5 billion years old.
Makes me realise just how very small and insignifcant we are.
Here's the full story
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080403-planet-embryo.html
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SilverMiniCooperS
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| It is quite amazing, isn't it. |
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BlueEmperor
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HL Tau b? They cannot name this poor baby planet HL Tau b!
Although, maybe it's fitting the youngest planet in the solar system has a stupid name. Would be in keeping with the daft names parents give their children nowadays.
B.E.
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JuanaLaLoca
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| BlueEmperor wrote: | HL Tau b? They cannot name this poor baby planet HL Tau b!
Although, maybe it's fitting the youngest planet in the solar system has a stupid name. Would be in keeping with the daft names parents give their children nowadays.
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At least they didn't name it Shaniqua, or something like that. |
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Jen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| JuanaLaLoca wrote: | | BlueEmperor wrote: | HL Tau b? They cannot name this poor baby planet HL Tau b!
Although, maybe it's fitting the youngest planet in the solar system has a stupid name. Would be in keeping with the daft names parents give their children nowadays.
B.E. |
At least they didn't name it Shaniqua, or something like that. |
Or Chardonney, or any other daft footballer wives names. |
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Mpls Druid
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| They probably will call it Tau for short. |
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