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john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
if we point at number one we might get a signal !!???? (using telescopes not our fingers) ;) http://gu.com/p/33pfm http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog john3760 |
Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
Its a good one John, So next thing you know, there will be Real Estate company's selling plots of land on these planets. It will be a land-grab, first come first served! I want a little Island on one of those planets and i'm calling it "Johnneyland" :) John. |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
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john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
I'll call mine johnland, so we will have to pick different planets so visitors don't get confused ;) |
C Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 240 Credit: 7,716,977 RAC: 0 |
Here's a list that seems to be all the identified exoplanets, so far. http://exoplanets.org/table/ By clicking on the large "+" in the upper right corner, you can add additional columns such as the RA and DEC. I think it's interesting that some of the Jupiter-sized planets have orbital periods that may put them in the habitable zone. While the planet itself might not harbor life, it may have moons that could... Hopefully, the ATA can be targeted at these soon... C[/url] |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
using my new found skill of turning words blue on the message boards voila !! http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/list_esi it will still take you to the same site as the first post ,but it's a bit easier. john3760 |
Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 |
We only have 5 billion years to find a way to get to these other worlds. The sheer distance alpha proximy 4.5 light years. At current capibility about 60,000 miles per hour about 5-6 miles a second. At that rate to get to the nearest star wouls take about 73,ooo years one way!.... and nothing detectible there. Why would they bother with a populated world when they could get to others. We are so far from other stars, its a curse and a blessing. We miss the chaos of closer together stars. I can only wonder if they have a way to travel enormously large distances in a life time. |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
This is interesting. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/24/opinion/urry-two-earths/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
Yeah good one i have copied their link and will have a proper go at it tomorrow. they were asking us to look for planets using keplar data , but tonight all i can see is stars. 8) |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
thanks again steve. HELP SEARCH FOR PLANETS. http://www.planethunters.org/ You never know, you might find the next planet. (i thought at first it was going to be a bit like seti but its not) but it is still interesting and engaging all the same. have a go !!!! john 3760 |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalogue is about to be doubled in size !! One of the links on the page takes you to the University of Vienna's EXOLIFE page. http://www.univie.ac.at/EPH/exolife/ john3760 |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
one step at a time :) john3760 |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
Chris S, on the EXOLIFE post above I was trying to post one of their diagrammes but failed. A pity really as crayon is such a wonderful medium, and so underused on scientific/university websites. A bit of thread trawling later (and thanks once again to Vic) and hey presto another work of art shared with the masses. ;) I shouldn't really laugh as it shows the UNIVERSITY of VIENNA is not an ageist organisation,and allows 8 year old children to assist with their webpage design (although it is obvious that a grown up has taken over and drawn the arrows and done a bit of typing etc,) john3760 |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
To offer a good read on the various senerios of Earth-like planets, in the "goldilocks" zone of their respective stars: "What if the Earth had two Moons?", by Nicholas Carr. Who knows, what will turn up, in our life-times, but the law of averages might favor one of those mentioned. . . jm |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Interesting, a diagram of the hydrologic cycle here on earth. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
"Habitable" needs to be more fully defined and quantified. It cannot be based on one or two parameters. In the near future we should be able to more thoroughly search and measure neighboring star systems. perhaps we should create a family of EXO 's if they do not already exist. exo-biologists exo-physicists exo-chemists exo-geologists exo-microbiologists |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
Hello DADIO I'm pretty sure there are already Exobiologists,(mostly dealing with microbiology so that would cover the Exomicrobiologists bit. The Exochemists could probably fall into the category of the experiments which already take place in space ( On the space station ). The only one I think doesn't fall into a category already existing is Exophysics. At this moment we think our understanding of physics covers the entire universe, including black holes or multiverses. In reality nobody has been through a black hole and returned to see if the Theory of relativity does hold up , or if there are other universes,so could theoretical physicists be classed as Exophisicists (trying to understand how things work and if they are any different from our perception here on earth),or because their theories are based on earthbound observations would they not be classed as Exophisicists. john3760 |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I'm pretty sure there are already Exobiologists Perhaps one of them could put forth a list of the conditions and their parametric ranges for the evolution of intelligent life to be contemporaneous with us in terms of electronic transmissions. |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
Nice new page on the site listing KOI planets (Kepler Objects of Interest), giving easy to view size and temperature comparisons :) http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/media/kepler One or two seem very earthlike when comparing mass and temperature,and i'm sure they will be investigated more thoroughly in the future. john3760 edit : I forgot to mention that these are only candidates and are yet to be fully confirmed as exoplanets,but I would bet they are 99% sure(as they have been publicly disclosed) |
john3760 Send message Joined: 9 Feb 11 Posts: 334 Credit: 3,400,979 RAC: 0 |
A small P.S to my above post, These(although unconfirmed) planets are all "rocky" earthlike planets, so the chaances of them being brown/red dwarfs,or small binary stars are very slim. Those green ones are in what we consider to be the habitable zone,and could therefore have liquid water on or just below their surface. They are at this moment in time the only places outside our solar system, where life (as we understand it) can posibly exist, although life beyond our existing parameters for survival could theoretically exist elsewhere. john3760 E.T has to live somewhere !! |
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