Astronomers Locate Solar System Very Similar To Our Own 101
Smivs writes "Astronomers from St Andrews University in the UK have discovered a planetary system which looks much like our own. Dr Martin Dominik told BBC news: 'We found a system with two planets that take the roles of Jupiter and Saturn in our Solar System. These two planets have a similar mass ratio and similar orbital radius and a similar orbital period. The newfound planetary system, which orbits the star OGLE-2006-BLG-109L, is more compact than our own and is about five thousand light-years away. The OGLE planets were found using a technique called gravitational micro-lensing, in which light from the faraway planets is bent and magnified by the gravity of a foreground object, in this case a another star.'" Update: 04/08 12:26 GMT by Z : This story is talking about a subject we have already discussed.
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Spooky!
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The second was supposed to go to the other earth. It was an honest mistake you frigtard.
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Now if only there were INTELLIGENT life at the slashdot "offices"...
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Configure your router to block all Earth 2 IPs.
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Fixed that for you. After all, it is Zonk we're talking about.
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In this far off place
They use similar means
For the saving of face?
Burma Shave
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