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Are you Super earth 55 Cancri e ?
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Kepler-22b
From the Wikipedia article:
Kepler-22b is an extrasolar planet orbiting G-type star Kepler-22. It is located about 600 light years from Earth... It was discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2011 and was the first known transiting planet to orbit within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
Kepler-22b might be an "ocean-like" world. It might also be comparable to the water-rich planet GJ 1214 b although Kepler-22b, unlike GJ 1214 b, is in the habitable zone... "If it is mostly ocean with a small rocky core", Natalie Batalha, one of the scientists on the project, speculated, "it's not beyond the realm of possibility that life could exist in such an ocean". This possibility of life has spurred SETI to perform research on top candidates for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Not quite as picturesque as the Merced River. But maybe we just haven't got a close enough look yet.
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avoran wrote:25. Are you part of any constellation? - No
Kepler-22b is an extrasolar planet orbiting G-type star Kepler-22. It is located about 600 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus.
edit avoran did ask me about this by pm & I said to keep the answer as no. Really a constellation refers to stars not planets look at the constuction of the word (stella)
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I consulted with sherlockx about that. We agreed that the planet (as opposed to its star) it would not be considered part of a constellation because it is not "visible" in the usual way from earth, and constellations are artifacts used for describing things as we see from earth rather than "real" groups of stars (stars in constellations on opposite sides of the sky may actually be closer to each other than stars in the same constellation).
But I agree it's debatable and I'm not actually sure how professional astronomers would answer the question. Sorry it became an issue - I was not trying to confuse you!
But I agree it's debatable and I'm not actually sure how professional astronomers would answer the question. Sorry it became an issue - I was not trying to confuse you!
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avoran wrote:I consulted with sherlockx about that. We agreed that the planet (as opposed to its star) it would not be considered part of a constellation because it is not "visible" in the usual way from earth, and constellations are artifacts used for describing things as we see from earth rather than "real" groups of stars (stars in constellations on opposite sides of the sky may actually be closer to each other than stars in the same constellation). But I agree it's debarable.
Well, that wasn't your decision to make, now, was it?
Best way to deal with that question way to leave it as a "A simple yes/no answer to this question is unavailable/inappropriate".
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Neon12 found the slithy tove in 5 questions and so gets 25 wrz$ but it took a total of 40 questions to reach the answer so avoran gets 200 wrz$
Congratulations to you both.
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Congratulations to you both.
Neon12 is invited to start the next round after sending me a pm with the subject for approval.


