02-24-2007, 04:59 AM
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Evil_Mage_Ra wrote
You sure are a master at not reading the entire article:
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Furthermore, Scientific American wrote
In a paper published online February 21 by Nature, Richardson's group reports that HD 209458 b's spectrum does suggest the presence of clouds of perhaps 10-micron-wide particles of dustlike silicate, or silicon oxide. According to Fortney, "We know silicate clouds affect the spectra of brown dwarfs at similar atmospheric temperatures."
But Fortney notes that the two planets differ in temperature by 200 K, which suggests clouds of the same composition are not present in both. Because the planets are so close to their suns, the star shine may burn off a haze that also obscures light, he says. Another possibility, he adds, is that the atmospheres might have uniform temperatures all the way down, which would flatten out their light spectra because molecules would not transfer energy as easily.
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But for the sake of argument, let's take the data at face value and say that these two planets really do contain absolutely no water. All that would mean is that the current theory of planet formation is wrong and needs to be modified to account for all of the data. What does this have to do with creationism? |
"This" has less to do with creationism and more to do with Cosmo-evolutionist predictions being wrong. And yes water "may" be hiding at HD 209458 but so could the Easter bunny. |
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