Comments on: Observing an Evaporating Extrasolar Planet

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:32:03 +0000

WOW!, Excellent post, I'm really glad I found your blog. I just love your post. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

By: Dave Finton

Dave Finton — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:22:52 +0000

By: Jerry Martin

Jerry Martin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:55:05 +0000

Osiris orbits a star (imaginatively) called HD 209458, a yellow dwarf not too dissimilar to our Sun (with 1.1 solar masses, 1.2 solar radii and a surface temperature of 6000 K –

Then I guess Sol is a "yellow dwarf" star too?
Why isn't it referred to as such?

By: Dave Finton

Dave Finton — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:59:48 +0000

Sheesh, nary a day goes by without someone ripping on that poor Mars lander! Even the non-Phoenix-related threads aren't safe! The Phoenix Lander Web Page has lots of technical info. Go and look.

By: neoguru

neoguru — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:59:37 +0000

Nice article! I was particularly impressed by the detail of the analytical data. I wish the information from the Pheonix Mars Mission was as detailed. It almost seems as if they're delibrately witholding information.

By: alphonso richardson

alphonso richardson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:35 +0000

This is REALLY cool. Not only expanding the study of exoplanets, but pushing what can be deduced from them with techniques previously applied to other fields of astronomy.
i wonder if any more of these 'hot Jupiters' in such a state, will be found?