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Dr. Scholl's stock price skyrockets. Just kidding.
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Temperate exo-earths cluster around 2 earth-radii
I think this data interpretation is purely a function of our current technical ability. I predict that with the onset of better detection capabilities we will see a rise in the number of smaller planetary detects.
If you look at the history of detects, you can see that we started seeing the big stuff, and as we got better, we starting seeing more and more small stuff.
We are not yet done in the 'getting better tech' department to find them, and over the next ten years, there will be a plethora of 1.0 and smallers that we have not yet been able to see because our 'glasses' have not been good enough.
If you look at the history of detects, you can see that we started seeing the big stuff, and as we got better, we starting seeing more and more small stuff.
We are not yet done in the 'getting better tech' department to find them, and over the next ten years, there will be a plethora of 1.0 and smallers that we have not yet been able to see because our 'glasses' have not been good enough.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
Random slightly relevant fact:
If a planet were just a few percentage points more water than iron than earth, 1g surface gravity is plausible for significantly bigger radii than earth and you can keep that radiation shielding life needs.
If you have a planet that is mostly water to the core, radiation would prevent surface life but the planet is ~2.2 times bigger than earth with 1g surface gravity.
If a planet were just a few percentage points more water than iron than earth, 1g surface gravity is plausible for significantly bigger radii than earth and you can keep that radiation shielding life needs.
If you have a planet that is mostly water to the core, radiation would prevent surface life but the planet is ~2.2 times bigger than earth with 1g surface gravity.
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