tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post4007028893331832791..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Habitable Planet Found?Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-6177489887813454692011-05-20T23:32:14.147-05:002011-05-20T23:32:14.147-05:00i can remember someone saying that and the thought...i can remember someone saying that and the thought was that once they get to that level to communicate they probably destroy themselves. So when we hear them....they are already long dead. Hell thats even too depressing even for me!Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-57960949778076833722011-05-20T22:54:02.286-05:002011-05-20T22:54:02.286-05:00Yes, it's only a matter of time before we find...Yes, it's only a matter of time before we find visual-electronic evidence of a habitable world... The funny thing is... It'll probably already be inhabited once we find it, But we won't know for many many moons.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902318808272311187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-2416275616483959422011-05-20T22:46:44.964-05:002011-05-20T22:46:44.964-05:00yeah and if its like fruit...how would you cut it?...yeah and if its like fruit...how would you cut it?! Just the possibility of "look! up in the sky!"Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-72320448003033412682011-05-20T22:00:01.378-05:002011-05-20T22:00:01.378-05:00So superman born under red sun. Lets not bring any...So superman born under red sun. Lets not bring any thing back from there it might just fly around and eat us!!! :)Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521538701214429845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-64674505532752030682011-05-20T19:50:55.287-05:002011-05-20T19:50:55.287-05:00Dave then M is mass right? So wrapping my head ar...Dave then M is mass right? So wrapping my head around this we have G cube root but my algebra is abismal M^? Cube root? I thought cube root was N3 (crap no superscript!)<br /><br />You got to give me credit though, I did a Babylonian guess to get to 3x. Not bad for the barely educated!Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-30499032442817842052011-05-20T15:43:31.540-05:002011-05-20T15:43:31.540-05:00Most of the estimates for surface gravity (if it h...Most of the estimates for surface gravity (if it has roughly the same density as Earth) fall between 1.8g and 2.0g. Not my calculations, but this calculation from Physicsforums seems correct.<br /><br />"The radius is indeed proportional to the cube root of the mass so if r = r_earth * M^(1/3) then<br />g will be g_earth * M / (M^(1/3))^2 = g_earth*M^(1/3) and everyone will be 1.91 times Dave Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939802573223717177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-7334108858670598022011-05-20T13:19:49.021-05:002011-05-20T13:19:49.021-05:00Dave....but wouldn't the greater gravity precl...Dave....but wouldn't the greater gravity preclude that kind of growth?<br />Tall and Spindly might be a relative kind of thing. What plants came to mind? I think trees would be a strange thing there. They could still be straight, but the trunks would have to be massive. If trees are going to be tall they are going to need a very different capillary action, because water is going to rise Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-66597093804222472012011-05-20T13:11:10.385-05:002011-05-20T13:11:10.385-05:00Hey Charles, that is a GREAT question.
My simple t...Hey Charles, that is a GREAT question.<br />My simple thoughts on this are that the "weight" would depend on how close you are to the mass. I know that came out garbled, but what I mean is if the mass was the same size as Earth but massed 6 times as much then yeah, you would, but the trick here is that not only is is more massive but twice as big, so that places you further away. So Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-7699977661665377182011-05-20T05:23:09.850-05:002011-05-20T05:23:09.850-05:00So I would weigh 1200 lbs? If I were at 200Lbs on ...So I would weigh 1200 lbs? If I were at 200Lbs on earth. 6 times mass.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521538701214429845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-16175452670829023962011-05-19T17:46:41.889-05:002011-05-19T17:46:41.889-05:00"in a perpetual murky red twilight." So ..."in a perpetual murky red twilight." So it's one big red light district like Amsterdam and Hamburg? (Sorry couldn't resist)<br /><br />Seriously it's very cool, though this one has went back and forth for so long, I won't be surprised if someone publishes a paper trying to debunk the latest consensus.<br /><br />Interestingly, plants tend to grow <br />"tall and Dave Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939802573223717177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-9393949460109702112011-05-19T00:50:34.737-05:002011-05-19T00:50:34.737-05:00Ah, a new vacation spot!Ah, a new vacation spot!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.com