[ExI] kepler finds a couple of hot objects

spike spike66 at att.net
Tue Jan 5 05:09:44 UTC 2010


This is cool:
 
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/04/planet-hunting-telescope-unearths-
hot-mysteries-space/?test=latestnews
 
This comment gave me a good harrr har:
 
How hot? Try 26,000 degrees Fahrenheit (14,425 Celsius). That is hot enough
to melt lead or iron.
 
Ummm, yes.  That would be plenty hot enough to not only melt but boil
everything on the chart, and still have plenty of degrees to spare.
 
{8^D
 
spike
 
 
 
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