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by Colorado Fred
Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:56 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: HR 8799: Multi-planet Star System (2008 Nov 17)
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Re: HR 8799: Multi-planet Star System (2008 Nov 17)

Wikipedia has a nice article on HR 8799 and its planets. It states the planets are about 3X, 10X, and 10X Jupiter masses, with very large orbits with unknown configurations. I get excited every time one of these news releases comes out only to find Earth and our Solar system continue to be unique. A...
by Colorado Fred
Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Could Hydrogen Peroxide Life Survive on Mars? (28 Aug 2007)
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But at least all the Martians that lived would be blondes. Bleached blondes, anyway.
by Colorado Fred
Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:54 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Could Hydrogen Peroxide Life Survive on Mars? (28 Aug 2007)
Replies: 14
Views: 4571

But hydrogen peroxide (AKA rocket fuel) disassociates spontanously into water and oxygen. In the rocket ship business we had an on-going operation to remove the water.