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Warpy

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3. That's why they're also striking out on cold zone planets

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 10:31 AM

Sep 2012

They transit their stars very seldom and are only spotted due to pretty dumb luck. They'd have to wait 163 years to see one the same distance out as Neptune and wait another 163 years to gauge its orbital distance and period.

Just confirming other stars have planetary systems is huge. All we need is one lonely bacillus on Mars to confirm that life is very likely out there.

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A periodic table of all 2,320 Kepler Exoplanet Candidates ( [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2012 OP

Understand confirmation bias. longship Sep 2012 #1

That's why they're also striking out on cold zone planets Warpy Sep 2012 #3

AND the farther the planet from its primary, the less likely it will be at the right inclination ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 #5

This must be kicked littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #2

Love this stuff--the ultimate existential question: Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #4

Notable that 'superterrans' are the most common in candidates muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #6

Kepler just astonishes me! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #7

Way Out There elbloggoZY27 Sep 2012 #8