From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Date: Tue Nov 12 1996 - 17:53:13 MST
Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Michael Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Do you think that there is a
> > possibility that we would find the most dense planets of any solar
> > system in the so called "zone of life" that Earth occupies? If so, this
> > would greatly help locate extrasolar planets.
>
> Most likely the planets in the life zone will be denser than the planets
> outside, since the heat will have evaporated volatiles like hydrogen and
> helium (and thus reduced their mass).
>
While this is a logical answer, recent extrasolar planet discoveries
show that this is not always the case, or else their data is
significantly off.
Mike
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