https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/calling-this-exoplanet-alien-is-an-understatement/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/calling-this-exoplanet-alien-is-an-understatement/#comment-1083668 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:23:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=67054#comment-1083668 “Alien” is a bigoted, Earth-Centric, Rocky Planet Privileging, Gas Giant Phobic term. If you don’t adopt better terminology you shall be reported to the Thought Police

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/calling-this-exoplanet-alien-is-an-understatement/#comment-1083625 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:17:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=67054#comment-1083625 Sounds a lot like the planet Mesklin from Hal Clement’s “Mission of Gravity”…minus the ultra-high temperatures, of course.

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