Mega-Earth found and it's 17 times Earth's mass

[Old Man]

Considering it was thought to be impossible to exist, I wonder what else is waiting to be discovered.

http://www.businessinsider.in/Scientists-Have-Discovered-A-Planet-They-Thought-Was-Impossible/articleshow/35962996.cms

 

[jas72]

Hmmm I wonder?

45 day year? How'd that work? Every 10 days season change. keep the fashion industry ticking over I suppose

 

[Sliver]

Science is a continuing epistemic endeavour. That's why I love it. There's always something new to discover.

Unlikely there's life on this planet though considering it's enormous mass. The mavity would make land based life a huge challenge. Maybe in the oceans though if it has them ?

 

[Judgeneo]

Science is a continuing epistemic endeavour. That's why I love it. There's always something new to discover.

Unlikely there's life on this planet though considering it's enormous mass. The mavity would make land based life a huge challenge. Maybe in the oceans though if it has them ?

3% water IIRC, so maybe some oceans if thats all on the surface. Its too big and different from Earth for human life probably, mavity would crush us. The interesting though that its not a star or gas giant..

 

[DannyDrama]

Great, when can we move in?

 

[MikeTheNative]

Great, when can we move in?

You can go first and give us a shout if it's okay.

 

[pitchfork]

I'd move in, I'm sick of this planet. I'll go Jeff Wayne on that one.

 

[spudbynight]

Is this where Mega Man comes from?

 

[Ryan-3]

Humanoid life could exist, but we'd all be much shorter and stronger due to the mavity.

 

[BoonMonkey]

Humanoid life could exist, but we'd all be much shorter and stronger due to the mavity.

Goku is probably training there

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Humanoid life could exist, but we'd all be much shorter and stronger due to the mavity.

No we couldn't exist there as soon as we'd step onto the planet we'd resemble a large Pizza.

 

[antijoke]

How far away is it?

 

[Spit]

Think of the air fare costs from one side to the other!

 

[Schlong&Stable]

No we couldn't exist there as soon as we'd step onto the planet we'd resemble a large Pizza.

Physics is not my strong point, but surely there is no guarantee the mass is 17 times earth; what if it has a different composition?

 

[Django x2]

So hold on, a planet, thought previously impossible by our teeny tiny brains understanding of science, and now, actually, facts show it is possible.

Classic science.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Physics is not my strong point, but surely there is no guarantee the mass is 17 times earth; what if it has a different composition?

If the mass is even twice as great than earths you can be damn sure we'll be crushed!

 

[413x]

They can calculate mass from observations. Is one way wobble on other bodies? I forget

 

[glenimp617]

So hold on, a planet, thought previously impossible by our teeny tiny brains understanding of science, and now, actually, facts show it is possible.

Classic science.

yep, which is why I very rarely say something is impossible

 

[robgmun]

No we couldn't exist there as soon as we'd step onto the planet we'd resemble a large Pizza.

He didn't say humans, but what if indigenous humanoid life developed there? Take Avatar, they aliens developed there were tall and thin due to the reduced mavity, Ryan-3 was quite right to suggest it would be possible there could be life that was shorter and stronger due to the mavity

 

[The Dread Pirate]

He didn't say humans, but what if indigenous humanoid life developed there? Take Avatar, they aliens developed there were tall and thin due to the reduced mavity, Ryan-3 was quite right to suggest it would be possible there could be life that was shorter and stronger due to the mavity

I'm pretty sure they'd more likely evolve to be short and stout with legs the size of a large tree trunk rather than tall and thin otherwise they'd probably shatter bones every 5 mins.