"Kepler 22b" above Who names these things? I move that Kepler 22b's name be changed to Barkevious Mingo might be the place.
Kepler 22b is a planet in another solar system. It is noteworthy This is the big news story today because it is the first planet found outside our 'hood that is in the "habitable zone" for life. It has an average surface temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit. As for the fine print: (1) the image above is an artist's rendition. If K-22b actually looks like that it's Kiribati, but nobody knows what it looks like. (2) it's 600 light years away, so unless you find a way of breaking the interstellar speed limit you can't go there. (3) "If it has a surface, it would have a very nice temperature...," William Borucki, NASA. If it has a surface? What do you mean "if it has a surface?" Isn't that, like, key? How do you calculate the "surface temperature" without, like, a surface?
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