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Supersized rocky planets are out there.
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RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there.
(June 2, 2014 at 6:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(June 2, 2014 at 6:19 pm)Heywood Wrote: The Kepler space telescope was designed to be able to spot earth sized exo-planets.

Yes, I'm aware of that. I'm also aware that there are a number of other detection methods which aren't - which is why I asked the question.

ETA: It's an entirely separate matter as to whether or not earth-size/mass planets are *as easy* to identify as larger/more massive ones. In other words, are we finding fewer of them because they are fundamentally harder to detect - which they are.

If Kepler found fewer than expected there are two possible reasons:
A) Kepler's design was flawed.
B) Our models of the dynamics of solar system formation are wrong.
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Messages In This Thread
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Heywood - June 2, 2014 at 10:03 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Chas - June 2, 2014 at 11:20 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Cato - June 2, 2014 at 2:25 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Cato - June 2, 2014 at 2:50 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Losty - June 3, 2014 at 1:33 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Chas - June 3, 2014 at 6:19 pm
RE: Supersized rocky planets are out there. - by Losty - June 4, 2014 at 3:33 am

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