Comments on: Spock's Solar System Looks Like Ours

By: Huygens

Huygens — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:19:11 +0000

Tell Bush the system is full of oil. We'll have our first interstellar mission in no time.

Funded by Halliburton, of course.

By: Silver Thread

Silver Thread — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:33:14 +0000

I think we should declare war, just in case.

By: j.h.wegener

j.h.wegener — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:17:13 +0000

Studying the finer details of such systems similar to our own (both in "younger" and "older" stages) could perhaps tell us something about the past, present and even future of our own part of the universe. Perhaps even of possible types of cosmic events we have little idea of at the moment (possibility of "unknown" disasters and opportunities).

By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:15:19 +0000

The full paper by D. Bachman et can be found posted at the arXiv.org site for Oct. 28, 2008 @ http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0810/0810.4564v1.pdf. Detailed info gleaned by Spitzer and the California Submillimeter Observatory (CSO)on the Epsilon Eridani system can be found here.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:09:05 +0000

Hmm… a young solar system. Consider this. In a "few" billion years our own Sun will be giving us a hard time but by then with any luck Epsilon Eri's "heavy bombardment" could be over AND we as a civilization could possess the technology to make an interstellar hop of mere 10.5 ly. So there is hope for us yet. Of course, this assumes there is a planet suitable for humans (and perhaps some animals and plants from Earth) to live on. Hmm… Let's do some research into space travel! And of course let's get more civilized – no need to spread bad habits around the galaxy.

Regards,
/Adam

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:14:07 +0000

Yeah, as has been pointed out already, 40 Eri is the solar system that Vulcan is in.

@ Jim. Andoria orbits Eps Indi.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:00:52 +0000

If Vulcan is there should Andoria be near also?

By: Bonr

Bonr — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:37:44 +0000

I think this seach for Vulcan will end in utter disappointment or in the confirmation of a theory in physics, just as the last one.

By: krakhed

krakhed — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:07 +0000

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

By: muahhaha

muahhaha — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:19:48 +0000

why dont you two just duke it out already? lol

By: Victor Sheckels

Victor Sheckels — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:38:59 +0000

Actually Vulcan's home system is 40 Eridani, not Epsilon Eridani.

By: Jon Hanford

Jon Hanford — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:51:38 +0000

Epsilon Eridani's young stellar age is also accompanied by a faster rotation, more of a variable flare and magnetospheric activity and a mass loss 30-fold our own Sol, resulting in an astrosphere extending 8000 AU from the star and a bow shock extending 1800 AU from the primary resulting in an apparent size of 42 arcminutes from a planet orbiting at Earths' distance from our sun (1 AU ). Wikipedia has a thorough and extensive listing of the Epsilon Eridani system at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani. Clearly many similarities exist between our solar system & Epsilon Eri, although many differences also exist between the two stellar systems. Great shot of evil Kirk, Nancy