http://www.marsdaily.com/2004/040825160058...8.kx0tqwmi.html

snipits:
- European astronomers announced Wednesday they had found a "super-Earth" orbiting a star some 50 light years away
- is located in a southern constellation bright enough to be seen with the naked eye
- in the same ballpark as Uranus for size (the planet!)
- the new planet appears to be a rocky planet
- discovered with a telescope the size of which can be bought in a department store!

hold your breath, buzz! are there confirmation from other space agencies? It's not yet clear if the planet is in the " goldilocks zone".

how do you find out about confirmations? this is new to me? is there a way to find out who is trying to confirm - or safe to say most major space orgs are trying? thx in advance! buZ

If its in a 9.5 day orbit around this star then it is not in the "Goldilocks" zone. That's tighter than Mercury's orbit.

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...and we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere; and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys...

Unless, of course, its trying to display human tendencies. Then it would make total sense right now:

Its that time of year where it would be trying to beat all the other planets to that parking spot it sees at the mall in its solar system, so it isnt hard to put its orbital speed in the range of 2 000 000 kph!!! then it could have an orbital period of 9.5 days, and stay in the goldilocks zone!

Happy Christmas shopping, everyone, and stay safe at the malls...

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