FRIDAY - = FREYYA S DAY - OCTOBER 3 RD - 2014 COMMON ERA - FROM TODAY S STARDATE : FOMALHAUT I I I . PART 3 TO A 3 - PARTS STARDATES SERIES FEATURING THE RELATIVELY NEW2 FOMALHAUT STELLAR SYSTEM - & PERHAPS PLANETARY FORMATIONS PROCESSES . - & - AND IN THEIR TURNS , THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS - & KEY WORDS TERMS - WERE INCLUDED ONLINE ALONG SIDES WITH TODAY S STARDATE TRANSCRIPT TO FOMALHAUT I I I - = - - + EXTRA - SOLAR PLANETS - = - - & - AS WELL AS BEING INCLUDED ONLINE ALONG SIDES WITH BOTH - = - - + FOMALHAUT - - + AND ALONG SIDES WITH - = - - + HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - = OUR NASA S HUBBLE SPACE - BASED TELESCOPE - = - ] - + IN FULL TEXT TO FOLLOW OVER OUR NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + ASTRONOMERS HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED THOUSANDS - = 1 ,000 S - IN # S FOR LIKELY PLANETS IN OTHER STARS SYSTEMS . ET - THEY VE ACTUALLY SEEN ONLY SEEN ONLY A HANDFUL AMONGST THOSE WORLDS . ONE - = 1 - AMONGST THOSE WORLDS MAY ORBIT FOMALHAUT , A BRIGHT WHITE STAR THAT ARCS LOWS ACROSS OUR EARTH S SOUTHERN SKIES ON AUTUMN NIGHTS . - + MOST PLANETS ARE DISCOVERED INDIRECTLY - = FOR EXAMPLES INCLUDE THESE INDIRECT METHODS - = THROUGH THEIR GRAVITATIONAL TUG ON A PARENT STAR - OR WHEN A PLANET PASSES DIRECTLY IN FRONT TO A STAR - AND THEREBY BLOCKS A TINY BIT TO THE STAR S LIGHT . - + THE POSSIBLE PLANET ORBITING FOMALHAUT IS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE . IT WAS DISCOVERED IN A SERIES INVOLVING PICTURES SNAPPED BY OUR NASA S HUBBLE SPACE - BASED TELESCOPE . - + ASTRONOMERS WERE USING OUR NASA S HUBBLE SPACE - BASED TELESCOPE TO VIEW A GIANT INTER - STELLAR DISK CONTAINING COSMIC DUSTS THAT SURROUND FOMALHAUT . THERE WERE WIDE GAPS IN THE DISK CONTAINING COSMIC DUSTS - WHICH IN TURN COULD VE BEEN SWEPT CLEAR BY A LARGE PLANET . - + THE NASA S HUBBLE SPACE - BASED TELESCOPIC IMAGES SHOWED A BRIGHT DOT WITHIN THE DISK COMPOSED FROM COSMIC DUSTS . AS OUR NASA S HUBBLE TOOK MORE PICTURES OVER THE CALENDARS WHEELS ON OUR EARTH S YEARS - THE DOT MOVED IN A WAY THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A PLANET ORBITING THE STAR - = FOMALHAUT . - + IF THE SPOTTED WHITE DOT IS INDEED A PLANET ORBITING FOMALHAUT , THEN IT S PROBABLY ABOUT THREE TIMES - = ABOUT 3 X S - THE MASS THAT > > - JUPITER - = THE GIANT PLANET IN OUR OWN EARTH S HOMES SOLAR SYSTEM . AND IT - = THE POSSIBLE PLANET AROUND THIS FOMALHAUT PLANET - ALSO APPEARS TO BE ENCIRCLED BY OTHER DEBRIS - = PERHAPS A MASSIVE RING SYSTEM - OR ELSE AN ENTOURAGE CONTAINING DUSTY MOONS . - + ON THE OTHER HAND , SOME ASTRONOMERS THINK THAT THE WHITE DOT AROUND FOMALHAUT ISN T A PLANET AT ALL . INSTEAD , IT COULD BE A DENSE CLUMP CONTAINING COSMIC DUSTS - = PERHAPS THE DEBRIS FROM A COSMIC COLLISION BETWEEN TWO - = 2 - SMALL PLANETARY BODIES . - + WHAT EVER IT IS - = THE WHITE DOT ORBITING FOMALHAUT - = ASTRONOMERS CONTINUE TO TRACK IT - THEREBY KEEPING THEIR EYES ON WHAT COULD BE THE FEW PLANETS WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE , - + CONTINUED HERE OVER OUR NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + stardate.org/radio/program/2014-10-03
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:53:11 +0000
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