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A summary: the planetary system of Trappist-1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKFaAS30X8
Feb 22, 2017 11:06 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKFaAS30X8
kristakat
Earth kin
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
Name the whole system The Friendzone, because we'll never get there...
Shewy92
faroutstarchild
"Very near by"
DancingPanther
And NASA's response to everyone who wants to continue to cut their funding:
TheRagingGinger
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Yippee
Bizabi
dibbs on the 7th one.....
Ceramia
I am fucking geeking out over this.
browsib
Official statement: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around
andshewillbe
It would only take 700,000 years to get there.
BurglarHobbits
Are we sending Matt Damon?
Djalabajoe
In the Trappist System no one can hear you talk
tpgreyknight
The names leave a little to be desired, mind you.
EnthusiasticPickle
My question is " what kind of gravitational forces would be implemented to each planet when passing each other in orbit?"
whyteraven74
TRAPPIST-1 and planets TRAPPIST a to g. No word on any monks brewing beer there though.
lostandfoundskeleton
Now this is the Firefly reboot I have been waiting for....
odyODYody
Thanks Joe Rogan
Megarith
Fucking hell, thank you. Finally someone told me exactly what happened.
octataral
It's great and good confirmation but did people really think the Sol system was going to unique in any way?
Domehammer
There is always the possibility we are the first intelligent life. That the super intelligent planet raping aliens will be us.
octataral
Or this 3 dimensional universe is too constricting for super intelligence and they leave it as soon as they find a way
ArthurPhillipDent
Not with a universe this large. But for the same reason its incredibly unlikely that we'd actually spot one
NippleWar
AngronTheRedAngel
RichardValentine
Do you ever wonder if a moment like this is the start of the domino effect to our demise?
Stiposnchanged
2018?? Naaaaaaw I wanna know nooooow!
TheDino
The NASA page says the planets might be locked like our moon where it doesn't rotate. Would give nice solar energy!
TheFitButFew
Shewy92
StunnedGoofy
BobKelsoDoesntGiveACrap
BobKelsoDoesntGiveACrap
"Very nearby" = 40 light years or 240 trillion miles. You know... a hop, skip, and jump away.
Phenome
Right next door.
SupaCabra
"Well that's not how I'm getting there... You got directions for those who are walking?" - Mitch Hedberg
KnowerOfNothing
40ly is actually quite close; It's only about ten times the distance to the closed neighbour of the Sun, Proxima Centauri. 1
TheRagingGinger
Think of the scale of the universe though. Usually we're talking thousands or millions of light years. In relation to that 40 is close
AtomicPotato7
There is a large number of stars within that 40 light year range. Space is often massively overestimated
Seanspeed
Might find better candidates closer(looking forward to James Webb going up), but 40ly is still reasonably close. Milky Way is 100k ly across
MurseMemer
PlayListless
I see what you did there
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AngronTheRedAngel
assissantmanager
If we try to explore them in the future, I hope we planet out right
lowcreditsaur
Take it +1
therearenomoreusernamesleft
It will if we use a good system and comet to it.
THEDewInMTN
Kys
chloramphenicolderivative
In Danish "kys" means "kiss"
THEDewInMTN
* insert Lenny face*
ShiraTheKitty
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
otismeister
Why tho
grndpnder
They totally missed an opportunity to name them after the seven dwarfs.
MagusGladius
Somewhere out there, there is a white sun with seven dwarf planets orbiting the sun
DcAnilai
Why can't I favorite a comment?
sciencebasedlifeform
"Hey, where you from?" "Planet dopey. You?"
Jaron58
Doc
theloneponderer
Settled entirely by people from Amsterdam and Colorado
SexyDoughnuts
As a non native to Colorado or Amsterdam....where do I start filling out my resettlement application?
Apperture
They haven't been named yet.
AluminumMuffin
Until they are they are probably going to be designated as Trappist-1, trappist-2, ECT. Just. Like. Star Trek
Jaron58
I think they are goin be named with the letters
TheDino
They might already be named by beings in that solar system.
Ceramia
Right! I'm like omg what if there are people and we are the aliens?!
sciencebasedlifeform