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08-28-2009, 09:14 AM #1
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Suicidal Planet..
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08-28-2009, 09:27 AM #2
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Yeah, suicidal, it's only got a million years to live.... Peanuts...
Originally Posted by Saraaa
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08-28-2009, 10:01 AM #3
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Another example of reporters hyping up a not-too-extraordinary discovery. How can a planet be suicidal? Suicide means to kill oneself intentionally. Inanimate objects have no intent, and cannot be suicidal.
Basically, this is just a planet that, millions of years ago, was created in a slightly unstable orbit, which has been steadily decaying. Whoop-de-doo.
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08-28-2009, 10:20 AM #4
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Gotta be awesome to watch though. Like, planet starts moving in towards star, stars just like "Don't hurt me!!!" And starts burnin planet up, then it runs straight into the star with a huge budugeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
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08-28-2009, 10:21 AM #5
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Is it wrong to think that's really cool...I hope there's no life on that planet that's all I'm saying
"Things are going to get intersting"
"Define interesting"
"'Oh god, oh god we're all going to die'"
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08-28-2009, 10:26 AM #6
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Okay, someone needs a class in biology. There can't be life on a planet that is spiraling to its death, because every time it spirals closer, it's temperature increases by 2,000 degrees!
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08-28-2009, 10:27 AM #7
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...whose to say that all life outside of earth is the same? perhaps there are people who can live like that
"Things are going to get intersting"
"Define interesting"
"'Oh god, oh god we're all going to die'"
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08-28-2009, 10:30 AM #8
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Perhaps. I know I wouldn't enjoy a forecast like this-
Today we're gonna be slightly sunny with a little dampness in the morning, but as we reach on to the afternoon, all the clouds will disintegrate, giving us that perfect time to see our beautiful sun as it truly should be seen, baking us alive.
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08-28-2009, 10:33 AM #9
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While that may be true, consider the posibility that there anatomy may in fact NEED that 2000 degree temperature increase to survive. In which case, that weather forecast that you described would be rather in-accurate. Originally Posted by KOOPS95
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08-28-2009, 10:34 AM #10
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Well if they did need it, I hope they know it will start to jump to 4,000 degrees in about a million or so years.
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