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decrepit
decrepit
WA
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WA, 12885 posts
1 May 2014 4:39pm
http://thespacereporter.com/2014/05/alien-planet-beta-pictoris-b-spins-at-90000kmh/

How about this, a planet bigger than Jupiter that only has a 8hr day. And they worked it out using infrared doppler.

Now I wonder if anybody standing on it's surface would think the rest of the universe is spinning around them?
Kamikuza
Kamikuza
QLD
6493 posts
QLD, 6493 posts
1 May 2014 9:44pm
I think anyone standing on the surface would be trying not to hurl...
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
1 May 2014 10:14pm
That's if it had a surface to stand on!
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23690 posts
WA, 23690 posts
1 May 2014 9:09pm
Most people pronounce "Doppler" incorrectly.

It is actually "DAARRP!!!!! luuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....."

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