The comment was a joke aimed at our resident polymath. (I thought using the term "swarm" for a single body would give it away.)
Proxima Centauri has an earth like planet!
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The comment was a joke aimed at our resident polymath. (I thought using the term "swarm" for a single body would give it away.)
Polymath is overly generous -- Renaissance man perhaps, if we really do mean the 14th century.
Sounds like Prox C or Per Ardua from the Stephen Baxter Proxima series.
Baxter's guesses for the planet's size and orbital radius were almost spot on. Now we just need to dig up some kernels on Mercury.
I was reading an article that says there is atmosphere on Prox. Cent. b that might be able to trap heat. If true then the surface might be warm enough to support liquid water.
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No. The paper describes a model of the type of atmosphere that the planet might have. No-one knows if it even has an atmosphere as the planet hasn't been observed directly.
If there were any atmosphere, and with the planet most likely tidally locked, you would need the correct composition and thickness not to have a runaway greenhouse effect or not have all gases solidifying out on the cold side.
Regarding the gravity problem.
Would mec/exo suits help with living there?
Ir gene therapy to build up our own bodies structure?
Would mec/exo suits help with living there?
Ir gene therapy to build up our own bodies structure?
There's a tiny possibility that at great cost we could send someday a robot there. A human being? Doubtful.
http://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492857895/why-the-discovery-of-an-earth-like-planet-is-such-a-big-deal
Having a planet close like Proxima Centauri b will bring ideas to the table on how to develop Close to the Speed of Light CtSL engines that will definitely come with new technology. New technology that would be used to govern the CtSL Drive that would be advantageous to other systems such as motion tracking and telescopes.
I made a chart for visual reference regarding all of the planets within a 45 ly distance from Earth.
What is interesting is that the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri b is 4.22 ly. The distance from 61 Virginis b to the first grouping of planets is slightly less than twice the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri b at 8 ly.
What is also interesting is if you look at the image then another set of planets with a single planet at the center and two addition planets within a 15 ly distance as well as a group of planets that have at least 12 to 15 planets within 8 to 10 ly of the two planets should be the next set of planets past 61 Virginis b at 28 ly.
I was wondering what might music might be made from the distances between the Earth the planets out to 45 light years? The distances would be the duration of a certain tone while the location of the planet either below of above Earth would be the A,B,C etc. where the up and down motion of each planet in its orbit around its sun would determine pitch I think.
The distances look like rings on a vinyl record for certain. But more so they look like moons orbiting a large gas giant picking up debris along the way similar to how planets in the Rings of Saturn clear a path through the dust.
Having a planet close like Proxima Centauri b will bring ideas to the table on how to develop Close to the Speed of Light CtSL engines that will definitely come with new technology. New technology that would be used to govern the CtSL Drive that would be advantageous to other systems such as motion tracking and telescopes.
I made a chart for visual reference regarding all of the planets within a 45 ly distance from Earth.
What is interesting is that the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri b is 4.22 ly. The distance from 61 Virginis b to the first grouping of planets is slightly less than twice the distance from Earth to Proxima Centauri b at 8 ly.
What is also interesting is if you look at the image then another set of planets with a single planet at the center and two addition planets within a 15 ly distance as well as a group of planets that have at least 12 to 15 planets within 8 to 10 ly of the two planets should be the next set of planets past 61 Virginis b at 28 ly.
I was wondering what might music might be made from the distances between the Earth the planets out to 45 light years? The distances would be the duration of a certain tone while the location of the planet either below of above Earth would be the A,B,C etc. where the up and down motion of each planet in its orbit around its sun would determine pitch I think.
The distances look like rings on a vinyl record for certain. But more so they look like moons orbiting a large gas giant picking up debris along the way similar to how planets in the Rings of Saturn clear a path through the dust.
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Did you know that space has three dimensions? Just checking...
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/50lys.html
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/50lys.html
Plus a few more.
Shush please -- don't confuse le pauvre petit garçon. Anyway, additional dimensions have never been proven definitively to exist.
OK but really if we did say tomorrow find beyond any doubt a planet much like Earth with water and evidence of plant life and such would it change anything today, in the immediate?
Would science suddenly get more funding to go there?
Would science suddenly get more funding to go there?
I suspect it might open up additional funding for projects such as Breakthrough Starshot as they're not particularly expensive. However, they do require the commitment of expenditure over many decades, about which future politicians and public opinion might change their minds.
I think a lot of hope would be restored on Earth. A lot.
Yes, science would suddenly get more funding. A lot more.
I sincerely hope so.
I dont see that happening. There are already a lot of worthy causes that would benefit from more funding. Maybe if there was a realistic way of reaching that planet in a couple of years, but no one is going to put significant money on something that would not be reached in their lifetime. And for people with a lot of money, a rest of their lifetime is often not so long.
It can happen to anyone. A young person I knew died in a car accident a couple of months ago. I could be next.
