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Orlandu


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Posted on 09-16-11 09:34:37 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Yahoo.com
Planet Like 'Star Wars' Tatooine Discovered Orbiting 2 Suns

It's a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the "Star Wars" saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first time, astronomers revealed.
Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope captured details of a giant planet in orbit around the pair of binary stars that make up the Kepler-16 system, which is about 200 light-years away.
"This discovery is stunning," said study co-author Alan Boss at the Carnegie Institute in Washington. "Once again, what used to be science fiction has turned into reality." [See an image and video of Tatooine planet Kepler 16b]


That's pretty dang cool! Now I want to go visit and see the krayt dragons.

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It is nice to see the capabilities of our probes and satellites and sensors increase. Some day, we'll truly be able to explore the solar system, too.

Just not in my lifetime, unfortunately.

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Posted on 09-16-11 10:48:33 PM Link | Quote

The republic already won the war, so my excitement is slightly dimmed.

Damn it all.

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Posted on 09-17-11 02:56:09 PM Link | Quote
The sad thing is that this planet is apparently actually likely to be quite cold.

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Post #4319 · 09-18-11 01:23:49 AM
<Canadian> so what? </Canadian>

Well even if it's not inhabitable, it's still pretty damn cool.

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Posted on 09-19-11 01:12:07 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Imajin
The sad thing is that this planet is apparently actually likely to be quite cold.

So we'll have to call it "Hothooine" then.

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