I love living in the future.

[theweaselking]

That thing in the middle is a sun-like star.

The blip in the red circle? That's a planet.

Comments

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

D00D.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

This is the correct response.

[mhoye.livejournal.com]

See also.

[thormation.livejournal.com]

Given the scale listed on the image, that's a very tiny sun-like star.

[anivair.livejournal.com]

no it's not. the planet is supposed to be 6 times as massive as jupiter. Here's our own solar system for scale (and more or less TO scale):

http://www.livephysics.com/images/stories/simulations/astronomy/solar_systems03.jpg

6 jupiters is actually a decent size, even compared to the sun.

[thormation.livejournal.com]

6 times as massive as Jupiter but only 1/16" in diameter?

That's pretty dense. You could crack a tooth on that!

[anivair.livejournal.com]

To scale =! actual size. Seriously.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I suspect that's the width on the original unexpanded image.

Like how Stonehenge is smaller when draw on a cocktail napkin, y'know?

[jokemanandpeppy.livejournal.com]

Will you be here the rest of the week? Oh, and how's the veal?

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

normanrafferty pointed me to your journal (the entry with the bahrs climbing up the ladder). I poked about a little. You have nifty stuff. If it's any use to you, I'm Ursula on FM.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

What's FM?

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

Speaking of interesting things (how's that for a segue?), I see that there's a book already on Sarah Palin.

For the amusement factor though, check the tags the customers have added to the book. As well as the mouthful that is the "buy together" link...

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Random news you might find amusing.

http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/849202.html

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Haven't we already found other extrasolar planets?

[dgillmore.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I believe this is the first to be "seen" directly. Most planets are detected by small shifts of light and movement in the stars they are orbiting, and those planets are, like this one, massive enough to cause such disturbances. I do not believe we have yet discovered an extrasolar planet similar in mass to ours, not that they aren't out there, but the reflective light and mass is too small for us to detect.

Yet.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's true.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Not around sun-like stars.