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Binary brown dwarf discovered 6.5 ly from Earth, closest in a century.
Binary brown dwarf discovered 6.5 ly from Earth, closest in a century.
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March 11, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Just been reading about this on ScienceBlogs. This is why I love astronomy; always something new to discover.
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March 11, 2013 at 6:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2013 at 6:26 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
Damn this thread title is offensive. The proper term is little person of middle eastern origin.
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March 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm
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March 11, 2013 at 6:32 pm
(March 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:It's "sensation challenged lump of dirt" you filthy wanker!(March 11, 2013 at 6:24 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Damn this thread title is offensive. The proper term is little person of middle eastern origin. RE: Binary brown dwarf discovered 6.5 ly from Earth, closest in a century.
March 11, 2013 at 6:34 pm
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March 11, 2013 at 6:43 pm
That is a great find, isn't it?
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March 11, 2013 at 6:50 pm
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March 11, 2013 at 6:57 pm
(March 11, 2013 at 6:50 pm)Chuck Wrote:(March 11, 2013 at 6:43 pm)orogenicman Wrote: That is a great find, isn't it? The brown dwarfs, of course. Regarding the find, it leads one to wonder how many more might be lurking nearby, and what their population density is across the galaxy. RE: Binary brown dwarf discovered 6.5 ly from Earth, closest in a century.
March 11, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Theories seem to suggest brown population of dwarves in Milky way equals or exceeds the number of main sequence stars, that would mean 200-400 billion. If they are distributed like normal stars throughout the galaxy, then there ought to be substantial probability of undetected brown dwarves located even closer to Solar system then the ones discovered, perhaps even closer than Alpha Centuri.
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