Comments on: Looking for New Earth http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/ rock out to the apparatus Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10743 Lab Lemming Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:28:28 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10743 Oops. I meant from afar... Although I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't able to point close enough to the sun to see merc. Oops. I meant from afar…

Although I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t able to point close enough to the sun to see merc.

]]> By: yami http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10738 yami Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:37:46 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10738 LL, I'd certainly hope TPF could identify all the terrestrial planets in <i>our</i> system, otherwise we'd have wasted a lot of money. LL, I’d certainly hope TPF could identify all the terrestrial planets in our system, otherwise we’d have wasted a lot of money.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10737 Lab Lemming Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:29:18 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10737 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the terrestrial planet finder only be able to identify one of the four terrestrial planets in our solar system? Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t the terrestrial planet finder only be able to identify one of the four terrestrial planets in our solar system?

]]> By: Rew http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10712 Rew Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:55:43 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10712 I want to name planets for a living. Impractical schmimpractical. I want to name planets for a living. Impractical schmimpractical.

]]> By: Andrew Ironwood http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10623 Andrew Ironwood Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:04:33 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10623 Dang, hire some sci-fi writers and video gamers to do the naming -- I think I named over 200 planets meownself back in the 80's while playing Starflight (my personal favorite was conquering a planet of robots and rechristening it Heaven 17...) Dang, hire some sci-fi writers and video gamers to do the naming — I think I named over 200 planets meownself back in the 80’s while playing Starflight (my personal favorite was conquering a planet of robots and rechristening it Heaven 17…)

]]> By: C. Birkbeck http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10613 C. Birkbeck Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:15:17 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2007/04/11/looking-for-new-earth/#comment-10613 <blockquote>International Astronomical Union has deemed it utterly impractical to give them names.</blockquote> Really? I could see why. Still, that's too bad.

International Astronomical Union has deemed it utterly impractical to give them names.

Really? I could see why. Still, that’s too bad.

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