New Class of Extra-Solar Planets

[blobrana]

Hum,
A team of planet hunters will announce its discovery of a new class of planets located beyond our solar system at a NASA TV Science Update at 10 a.m. PDT today.
The discovery represents a significant and much-anticipated advance in the hunt for extra-solar planets.

The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television, with two-way question-and-answer capability from participating NASA centres. The event also will be Webcast live at:

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/webcasts/ssu_0804.html

[whabang]

Perhaps they have finally discovered a class M planet around another star!!??! :-?

[KennyR]

M-class is Star Trek, it's not a real classification. (Except for stars.) :-P

[Karlos]

Isn't an M class star a yellow orange (bit cooler than Sol) flavour?

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Oh wait. Thats K. M is the red end...

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Managed to typo the one letter (typed L instead of K) in the first edit that was significant :lol:

[KennyR]

O, B - Blue
A, F - White
G - Yellow
K - Orange
M - Red
R, N, S - Red (rarely used)
W - Wolf-Rayet star (rare)

How I remember this OBAFGKMRNS acronym: Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now Sweetheart, Wow. It's lame but it works. :-D

[T_Bone]

KennyR wrote:
O, B - Blue
A, F - White
G - Yellow
K - Orange
M - Red
R, N, S - Red (rarely used)
W - Wolf-Rayet star (rare)

How I remember this OBAFGKMRNS acronym: Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now Sweetheart, Wow. It's lame but it works. :-D

Oh Blind Amiga Followers, Geeze, Kmos? Morphos Rules, No Shirts Waiting!
:lol:
Well, it's less mushy anyway.

Oh Bring A Full Grown Kangaroo, My Recipe Needs Some
Oh Brutal And Fierce Gorilla, Kill My Roommate Next Saturday
On Bad Afternoons, Fermented Grapes Keep Mrs. Richard Nixon Smiling

Only Bored Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics

[graffias79]

I guess it's time to get new glasses, I keep glancing at this thread and thinking it says: New Class of Extra-Solar Panels!

[whabang]

KennyR wrote:
M-class is Star Trek, it's not a real classification. (Except for stars.) :-P
I know, but that didn't really matter, did it? You got my point anyway. :-D

Though it would be cool if NASA used Vulcan descriptions for newly-found planets!

[Speelgoedmannetje]

(low monotonous voice)
I read multiple subspace fluctuations in sector 7b
It seems to be coming from a B-class star
The star's core has become unstable. I suggest we beam a mixture of teryontrioxi-ions with quantumnucleuscarbonate at a rate of 700gazillion gigawatts at a distance of 3 light years, that will give us 5 hours to escape, before the star collapses.

(steady commanding voice)
Do it!
All decks on auxiliary power! Initiate red alert!

tadatadatada (Star-Trek end tune)
next time on Star Trek: will they survive the collapse of the star?

[blobrana]

:-)
<Computer>
listen (http://mysite.freeserve.com/blobrana/downloads/tos.mid)

http://mysite.freeserve.com/blobrana/downloads/startrek.mid

SSsssh!
</End hologram>

[whabang]

blobrana wrote:
:-)
<Computer>
listen (http://mysite.freeserve.com/blobrana/downloads/tos.mid)

http://mysite.freeserve.com/blobrana/downloads/startrek.mid

SSsssh!
</End hologram>
That's just awful, when listening with an SB16-class sound card! :-D

[blobrana]

Hum,
For 10kb it`s good...