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NASA puts out a simulated 360 view of some of the exoplanets they found

Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:03 pm
Posted by DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:03 pm
Pretty neat

But on NASA's Exoplanet Exploration website, you can explore an imagined surface of an alien world via 360-degree, interactive visualizations. As you investigate each planet's surface, you'll discover fascinating features, like the blood-red sky of TRAPPIST-1d, or stand on a hypothetical moon of the massive planet Kepler-16b, which appears larger than either of the planet's two suns. The view from each planet's surface is an artist's impression based on the limited data that is available; no real photos of these planets exist.

The newest planet to feature this 360-degree surface visualization is Kepler-186f, an Earth-size planet orbiting a star much cooler and redder than the Sun. Scientists don't know if Kepler-186f has an atmosphere, but with the NASA visualization tool, you can see how the presence or absence of an atmosphere would change the view of the sky from the planet's surface.

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All the 360-degree visualizations are viewable on desktop and mobile devices, or in virtual reality headsets that work with smartphones. You can also peruse travelposters of such distant worlds as Kepler 186f; TRAPPIST-1e, or PSO J318.5-22, where the "nightlife never ends" because the planet doesn't orbit a star, but is instead floating freely through space.


LINK Pick your planet here

Trappist-1

On 22 February 2017, astronomers announced that the planetary system of this star is composed of seven temperate terrestrial planets, of which five (b, c, e, f and g) are similar in size to Earth, and two (d and h) are intermediate in size between Mars and Earth.[38] Three of the planets (e, f and g) orbit within the habitable zone.[38][39][40][41]




This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 9:05 pm
Posted by dbeck
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Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:06 pm to
With that many relatively large planets that close together, I would expect wild fluctuations in the tides, as well as the temperature (thanks to frequent eclipses).
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:10 pm to
No care; tidally locked.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:11 pm to
Those tidal swings might help keep the planets warm actually. Europa is stretched by Jupiter’s gravity and they think that energy helps keep the ocean under the ice warm enough to not freeze.

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Scientists' consensus is that a layer of liquid water exists beneath Europa's surface, and that heat from tidal flexing allows the subsurface ocean to remain liquid.[14][59] Europa's surface temperature averages about 110 K (-160 °C; -260 °F) at the equator and only 50 K (-220 °C; -370 °F) at the poles, keeping Europa's icy crust as hard as granite.[8] The first hints of a subsurface ocean came from theoretical considerations of tidal heating (a consequence of Europa's slightly eccentric orbit and orbital resonance with the other Galilean moons).

Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:11 pm to
wheres your anus?
Posted by fightin tigers
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:12 pm to
What are the Vegas odds on these things?
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:12 pm to
In between Saturn and Neptune
Posted by TDcline
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:13 pm to
Pretty cool of Tom DeLonge to grant NASA and gov’t officials the clearance to go ahead and release these.

Life really is about all the small things...
This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 9:15 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:14 pm to
Keppler looks trashy AF. THE Carnival Cruises of exoplanets.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:14 pm to
Interesting.

I'd still be worried about 15-20 or higher tides being normal. Wouldn't allow us to settle near the water.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:20 pm to
If you live on Trappist b a year is 1.51 days so you’d be dead quick as frick.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:22 pm to
Why would the speed of rotation kill you?
Posted by starsandstripes
Georgia
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:22 pm to
More fake bullshite from NASA.
Posted by Sao
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:23 pm to

Simulations alright. Those pictures are round.
Posted by GetEmTigers08
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:33 pm to
I'm really excited for the launch of the James Webb telescope. It should be able to take better readings of these planets' atmospheres once they are found. I just hope it doesn't run into any issues deploying at the Lagrangian point.
This post was edited on 5/29/18 at 1:34 pm
Posted by TigerFanatic99
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:55 pm to
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More fake bullshite from NASA.


This.

I wish we could just get disclosure over with so these bullshite fake stories can be replaced with real discussion of where we stand in the universe, and who else is out there. There is so much we could be doing as a civilization and species, but are being held back.
Posted by crazycubes
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 1:56 pm to
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hope it doesn't run into any issues deploying at the Lagrangian point.
same here
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