RE: Infant solar system in our backyard
December 2, 2012 at 9:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2012 at 9:49 pm by Cyberman.)
Whenever NASA has to deal with media news outlets, they frequently use terminology that even reporters can understand. Notwithstanding the distinct possibility that NASA chiefs, or their PR staff, don't give these things a second thought, sloppy though they are. That staccato percussive sound you hear is every astronomer on the planet banging their heads on their desks for every use of such terms.
Ok, I am going to bow out of this now, as the impression I appear to be giving is that I am somehow arguing trivial points again. I reiterate that this is a very exciting find and I hope we learn more about it in time to come.
(December 2, 2012 at 9:46 pm)SpecUVdust Wrote: When I said "infant" I was referring to the system, not the star. And I stand corrected on the term "solar." It's just so widely used by scientists as Napoleon said that I just kinda threw it in there I guess. I too, hope that it is confirmed but its unlikely that it wouldn't be. This info didn't come by star wobble, but by image. Not the one you see but a lesser quality one. But this type of evidence rarely ends up being just a smudge or something.
Ok, I am going to bow out of this now, as the impression I appear to be giving is that I am somehow arguing trivial points again. I reiterate that this is a very exciting find and I hope we learn more about it in time to come.
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