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Old 04-25-2007, 12:46 PM   #6
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13 day orbits...fast. Habitable zone is much closer than our own because the star is smaller and therefore less hot. Planet is 1.5X size and 5x in mass. Wonder what standing on it would be like.

Would we be able to stand on a planet with 5x the mass of earth?
The gravity would be just over two times here. Wouldn't be fun for us for sure.

EDIT: Though it's probably tidally locked so that only one face faces the sun, kinda like the moon and earth.
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