Comments on: New observations confirm Earth-like planet orbiting nearest star

By: Star Bird

Star Bird — Fri, 29 May 2020 22:37:37 +0000

To find Planet X we must follow along all the planets in Alphabetical Order like plAnets A-B-C-D then we find Alpha Centari and the Jupiter 2

By: Ironwood

Ironwood — Fri, 29 May 2020 13:43:24 +0000

Probably tidally locked and perhaps even molten due to tidal flexing. Don’t make vacation plans just yet.

By: pzatchok

pzatchok — Fri, 29 May 2020 04:31:13 +0000

We need to start looking for low gravity bodies with high levels of metals.

Bodies massive enough to form themselves round and at most with 1/4 of Earths gravity.
Bodies just large enough to make mining metals easy and with just enough gravity to make refining it easy.

Once we can travel the stars colonies on Earth like planets are a luxury but not a necessity.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 28 May 2020 22:56:08 +0000

Huh?
Ceti Alpha VI, a fictional planet mentioned in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?

Every 11 days is very close to the sun, it would pass through atmosphere/solar flares easily.
Mercury takes 88 days to go around the sun, our moon 29 days. The tidal effects alone would most likely melt the surface just like Io which orbits Jupiter every 1.76 days.

By: Squints

Squints — Thu, 28 May 2020 18:29:58 +0000

Rut roh. Alpha Ceti 6.