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August 22, 2011 Black Planet
Discovered in our home galaxy by the Kepler Space Telescope, TrES-2b is the darkest planet ever found.
This Jupiter-like gas giant planet reflects only one percent of the starlight that strikes it.
Why is it so dark? That is a mystery the astronomers will enjoy investigating!
via National Geographic
Illustration courtesy David A. Aguilar, CFA
Spexxvet Monday Aug 22 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama
Discovered in our home galaxy by the Kepler Space Telescope, TrES-2b is the darkest planet ever found.
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Sundae Monday Aug 22 04:03 PM
Don't hate it cos it black.
CaliforniaMama Tuesday Aug 23 09:02 AM
This is the name I like:
| "Maybe an appropriate nickname would be Erebus"—ancient Greece's god of darkness. |
(For some reason, I've noticed that the first time I click the link it goes to the Store, but the second time I click the link it will go to the article.)
wolf Tuesday Aug 23 11:56 PM
I fear that.
Trilby Wednesday Aug 24 05:23 AM
Let's name it Shadow!
Or Smokey!
Or Dark Black!
Griff Wednesday Aug 24 08:38 AM
How about something more overtly racist like Spook?
ZenGum Wednesday Aug 24 09:34 AM
Does it have to orbit at the back of the solar system?
It does need a better name. I wonder if you got a French speaker to pronounce TrES-2b whether they could make it sound like Tres toubee' or something.
There is a debate in physics about whether the hypothesised cloud of dark matter surrounding our galaxy is in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles or Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects. Yup, WIMPs Vs MACHOs.
Science is mostly serious, but it seems you are allowed to have fun with the naming.
SPUCK Thursday Sep 1 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Science is mostly serious, but it seems you
are allowed to have fun with the naming. |
Happy Monkey Thursday Sep 1 11:42 AM
Quick, somebody get Leeloo!
glatt Thursday Sep 1 12:24 PM
mmm... Leeloo...
Trilby Thursday Sep 1 01:38 PM
This is racist.
Pico and ME Tuesday Sep 6 09:55 PM
| Quick, somebody get Leeloo! |
ZenGum Wednesday Sep 7 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
Foreshore. Just look at the subatomic particle names for the types of quarks. Charm, color, etc.
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Check out this metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide.
ZenGum Wednesday Sep 7 03:54 AM
Oh for the lurve of gawd, I've found the mother load: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
Dickite ... moronic acid ... arsoles ... fruticolone ... fucitol ... furfuryl furfurate ...
[/productivity for today]
wolf Wednesday Sep 7 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Geologists get in on it too:
Check out this metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide. |
BigV Wednesday Sep 7 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Pico and ME
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infinite monkey Wednesday Sep 7 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Oh for the lurve of gawd, I've found the mother lode: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
Dickite ... moronic acid ... arsoles ... fruticolone ... fucitol ... furfuryl furfurate ... [/productivity for today] |
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