Sunday, February 27, 2011

Looking for an Earth-like Planet?

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If you want to look for an Earth-like planet the place to start is finding a Sun-like star.

Finally it looks like someone is starting to agree with "The Privileged Planet"- dwarf stars don't get it done when it comes to finding habitable planets.
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2 comments:

  1. Eugen8:37 AM

    Thanks for the link…


    Astronomer Heller said " If you want to find a second Earth, it seems that you need to look for a second Sun."

    I'm glad how what we were talking re. "privileged planet" in :

    http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17489641&postID=2162419229149895805

    is confirmed.

    Posters on the other forum you mention often should rather be busy studying instead of mocking.

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  2. Joe G8:53 AM

    To me it is a no-brainer- follow the leads of "The Privileged Planet" to find an earth-like planet capable of supporting complex living organisms.

    Honestly I don't know what people are waiting for except perhaps they are hoping TPP is wrong.

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