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Posted - 2008.04.11 23:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Xen Gin
Edited by: Xen Gin on 07/04/2008 21:30:39
Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: Xen Gin
So two Gas giants make a far off solar system a look alike. Kind of saying a unicycle is a look alike of a car.
When they find a solar system with eight planets in the same configuration, maybe then.
The only reason we aren't seeing additional Earth-sized planets is because we don't have instrumentation precise enough to detect them. As time goes on we'll discover smaller and smaller planets until we find ones the size of Earth and smaller.
Obviously, then at that point we should be notified! Its probably also worth noting that no extra-solar planets have been observed directly as I understand it.
Depends how you define "observed". If you mean "Have they got streams of observational data that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that planet-sized objects are in orbit around given stars?" then the answer is yes, they've been directly observed. If you mean "Have they done a Polaroid?" then the answer is no.
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Originally by: Dark Shikari
The problem with killing Jesus is he always just respawns 3 days later anyways. |
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Posted - 2008.04.12 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: Xen Gin
Edited by: Xen Gin on 12/04/2008 00:46:58
Originally by: Patch86
Originally by: Xen Gin
Edited by: Xen Gin on 07/04/2008 21:30:39
Originally by: Tarminic
Originally by: Xen Gin
So two Gas giants make a far off solar system a look alike. Kind of saying a unicycle is a look alike of a car.
When they find a solar system with eight planets in the same configuration, maybe then.
The only reason we aren't seeing additional Earth-sized planets is because we don't have instrumentation precise enough to detect them. As time goes on we'll discover smaller and smaller planets until we find ones the size of Earth and smaller.
Obviously, then at that point we should be notified! Its probably also worth noting that no extra-solar planets have been observed directly as I understand it.
Depends how you define "observed". If you mean "Have they got streams of observational data that proves beyond any reasonable doubt that planet-sized objects are in orbit around given stars?" then the answer is yes, they've been directly observed. If you mean "Have they done a Polaroid?" then the answer is no.
Technically the streams of data say something is moving in front of those stars that their luminosity has a cycle, or that the star wobbles in conjunction of a large mass orbiting it. From this we get planets, but what if they were very large alien ships? It's indeed most certainly planets, but they have yet to be directly imaged, which is extremely unlikely at the moment as the stars outshine the reflections.
And technically a photograph is just optical damage caused to an extremely fragile piece of synthetic material, which then is used as a projector slide to burn an imprint on a large piece of photosensitive paper. It's not necessarily a picture of a cat sat on a laptop keyboard, but it almost certainly is.
Since when was photography the be-all and end-all of scientific evidence? Is it now true that nothing is certifiably true unless it has been photscopically imaged? Are all other forms of observation now definably inferior to direct photoscopic imagery?
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Originally by: Dark Shikari
The problem with killing Jesus is he always just respawns 3 days later anyways. |