Comments on: Two planets barely a million miles apart http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456760 Halloween_Jack Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456760 Hey, just like the double planet system of Delta Vega and Vulcan... uh, never mind. Hey, just like the double planet system of Delta Vega and Vulcan… uh, never mind.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456481 niktemadur Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456481 Nope, it's <a href="http://www.abevigoda.com/" rel="nofollow">Abe Vigoda</a>. Nope, it’s Abe Vigoda.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456479 niktemadur Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456479 Depends on which planet you're standing on. Depends on which planet you’re standing on.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456478 niktemadur Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456478 Technically, that's absolutely right, Earth and Moon orbit each other, even though the barycenter is within Earth's radius. Technically, that’s absolutely right, Earth and Moon orbit each other, even though the barycenter is within Earth’s radius.

]]> By: Walt Guyll http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456423 Walt Guyll Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456423  Another consideration it the Moon is more attracted to the Sun than the Earth, unlike all other satellites in the solar system.  Another consideration it the Moon is more attracted to the Sun than the Earth, unlike all other satellites in the solar system.

]]> By: hadlockk http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456325 hadlockk Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456325 According to wikipedia, the only reason the Earth and the Moon aren't considered a dual-planet system is because  while they technically orbit one another, the orbital axis is (barely) beneath the surface of Earth. Another 50 miles in one direction and the Moon would technically be another planet. According to wikipedia, the only reason the Earth and the Moon aren’t considered a dual-planet system is because  while they technically orbit one another, the orbital axis is (barely) beneath the surface of Earth. Another 50 miles in one direction and the Moon would technically be another planet.

]]> By: Walt Guyll http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456210 Walt Guyll Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456210 The closest double planet to us is the Earth and Moon. The closest double planet to us is the Earth and Moon.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456193 Art Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456193  Ha!  I guess that would be a universal constant :)  Ha!  I guess that would be a universal constant :)

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456174 Rob Beschizza Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456174 I wonder if the small Earth-sized rocky one is an escaped moon of the big Jupiter-like gas giant. Then it would be consistent with "clearing the neighborhood" I wonder if the small Earth-sized rocky one is an escaped moon of the big Jupiter-like gas giant. Then it would be consistent with “clearing the neighborhood”

]]> By: Jeremy Mesiano-Crookston http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456161 Jeremy Mesiano-Crookston Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456161 <i>The planetary odd couple orbits a star slightly hotter, and a couple of billion years older, than our sun.</i> So..... they orbit Joan Collins? The planetary odd couple orbits a star slightly hotter, and a couple of billion years older, than our sun.

So….. they orbit Joan Collins?

]]> By: Drabula http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456162 Drabula Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456162  How much you wanna bet one planet is cool and the other one is full of dicks.  How much you wanna bet one planet is cool and the other one is full of dicks.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456154 Andrew Singleton Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456154 Given both have distinct orbital paths I think this qualifies as clearing 'debris'. Given both have distinct orbital paths I think this qualifies as clearing ‘debris’.

]]> By: lorq http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/two-planets-barely-a-million-m.html#comment-1456132 lorq Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167304#comment-1456132 Well then, by the current definition, obviously neither of them is a planet, since neither has cleared its immediate orbital neighborhood of other significant objects. Well then, by the current definition, obviously neither of them is a planet, since neither has cleared its immediate orbital neighborhood of other significant objects.

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