From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sun Jul 21 2002 - 06:38:54 MDT
On Sunday, July 21, 2002 7:17 AM Damien Broderick
d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
> Don't blame me:
:)
> University of Missouri-Rolla 17-Jul-02
>
> Sun Is Made of Iron, Not Hydrogen
[snip]
> "We think that the solar system came from a single star, and the sun
formed
> on a collapsed supernova core," Manuel says. "The inner planets are
made
> mostly of matter produced in the inner part of that star, and the
outer
> planets of material form the outer layers of that star."
This could explain one thing. Why, e.g., when gas giant planets are
detected around other stars they are generally close to their sun. (Of
course, this could just be a sampling error. It's easier to detect as
yet unseen massive objects closer to their sun because of the detection
methods...)
If this is true, also, we might fit it into the Drake equation --
assuming Earthlike worlds are needed for life, a big assumption -- and
maybe get a smaller number for the number of planets on which life
develops -- if terrestrial planets generally form under similar
conditions.
As for the lunar dairy composition theory, I believe it's a government
coverup. In the US, they used to have government cheese giveaways.
Could it be they brought back more from Apollo than a bunch of
rocks...:)
Cheers!
Dan
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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