Comments on: A planet without a star, only 100 light years away. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-planet-without-a-star-only-100-light-years-away/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris Kirkendall https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-planet-without-a-star-only-100-light-years-away/#comment-69900 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:58 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20687#comment-69900 HA HA ! ! Well, it is a little curious – especially since it’s receiving NO heat from a parent star. The article mentioned an age of only millions of years, pretty young on a Cosmological timescale, so maybe just the sheer mass (4-7 times Jupiter’s) and the young age accounts for its temp due to gravitational contraction – just a guess. Any Astronomers/Astrophysicists out there care to comment?

Vey odd thing – a planet with no parent star, drifting unfettered thru the Universe…

]]> By: lino https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-planet-without-a-star-only-100-light-years-away/#comment-69650 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:05:07 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20687#comment-69650 Clearly, they must have at least two political parties.

]]> By: David K. Williams https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-planet-without-a-star-only-100-light-years-away/#comment-69620 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:38:01 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=20687#comment-69620 How does this planet generate that much heat?

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