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ken0042 · 01-25-2006, 04:01 PM

I was excited about this, until I read more on CNN. The planet being as cold as Pluto and being 5.5 times the size of Earth to me makes it not very "Earth Like." And being 28,000 light years away sort of also put a damper of all of this.

I was hoping they said they found a planet around 1 AU away from the sun, that it's around the size of Earth, has water, and is less than 100 light years away. (less than 10 or 15 would be ultra cool- we could send a radio message to them.)

I suppose this is just baby steps.

01-25-2006, 04:01 PM	#9
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	I was excited about this, until I read more on CNN. The planet being as cold as Pluto and being 5.5 times the size of Earth to me makes it not very "Earth Like." And being 28,000 light years away sort of also put a damper of all of this. I was hoping they said they found a planet around 1 AU away from the sun, that it's around the size of Earth, has water, and is less than 100 light years away. (less than 10 or 15 would be ultra cool- we could send a radio message to them.) I suppose this is just baby steps.