PaulW
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Posted - 09/16/2016 : 00:15:47
"Maybe you could start another thread, "why I dislike educated people" (but be sure to keep it Puna) and leave this thread to the amazing work being done thanks to our fantastic telescopes. We should take more pride in them and their unparalleled location." tomW / PAULk
LOL, how awkwardly OBVIOUS does this have to be ?
tomK gets called out for his hypocrisy and bullying, gets frustrated, stops replying and then paulW swoops in.
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There are facts and there are opinions. Learning the difference would go a long way for you in this world.
What is "obvious"?
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quote:
Originally posted by airportparking
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-thy-star-planet.html
Speckle interferometry
Here ya go SBH et. all.
With the confirmation that no other companion star resides in the vicinity of TRAPPIST-1, the research team's result validates not only that transiting planets are responsible for the periodic dips seen in the star's brightness but that they are indeed Earth-size and may likely to be rocky worlds.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-09-thy-star-planet.html#jCp
The space-based observations from the Kepler spacecraft will provide extremely precise measurements of the planet transit shapes allowing for more refined radius and orbital period determination. Noting variations in the mid-time of the transit events can also help astronomers determine the planet masses. Additionally, the new observations will be searched for more transiting planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system.
One of the new instruments will be delivered this fall to the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope located at Kitt Peak National Observatory outside of Tucson, Arizona, where it will be used by the NN_EXPLORE guest observer research program. The other is being developed for the Gemini Observatory North telescope located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-09-thy-star-planet.html#jCp
I have no idea why you posted that, it has nothing to do with Puna or Hawaii. However, to try and get this back on topic, the earth-like planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 were confirmed by UKIRT, on Mauna Kea, a few months ago.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/promising-wo...dwarf-star
And if it's "speckle interferometry" that dazzled you, I hope you understand this is a technique that is several decades old.
https://www.osapublishing.org/josa/abstr...56-10-1372
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Why do you keep copying everything?
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keep copying
I believe it's "proof" of some kind, because we're all going to edit our posts after-the-fact, stirring controversy and hurt feelings where none currently exist.
The phrase "get a life" comes to mind -- I'm sure this will prompt some ranting lecture which has nothing to do with scientific discoveries.
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An upcoming discovery by a Mauna Kea observatory?
Orbits of many Kuiper Belt objects (the region Pluto inhabits) have suggested a massive planet orbiting 20 to 30 times farther from the sun than Neptune. The Subaru telescope will be looking for this planet later this month and also for a couple of nights in October. A detection should be pretty obvious if made, so hopefully the results will be available very soon. Such a detection will have plenty of implications for the understanding of our solar system since it isn't something you'd expect in a "standard model" of solar systems.
https://aminewswire.com/stories/51101091...nth-planet
