Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems (Introduction)
DAVID: Only six percent of ones seen are like ours and have gas giants like Jupiter:-http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2016/01/31/solar-systems-like-ours-remain-sca...-QUOTE: "Solar systems like ours, in which Jupiter-like planets orbit their parent stars at Jupiter-like distances, remain scarce in the local stellar neighborhood, says an Australian-led team of astronomers." David's comment: Our Earth is very different and very special, and it looks like our solar system is quite unusual, which fits the pattern that life needs a very special place to develop. The Earth is two-thirds of the way out on the second spiral arm, a quiet place in the Milky Way without too much radiation or explosions. -Definitely different, definitely special. It makes you wonder why in heaven your God had to make all those billions of ordinary, same-old, non-special solar systems that don't seem to do anything for anyone. (Apparently they're all there for our sake, though only he knows why.) Or maybe...maybe...we just got lucky...
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dhw,
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dhw,
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- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
dhw,
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- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
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- Privileged Planet: very early Earth -
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- Privileged Planet: very early Earth -
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- Privileged Planet: we have useful phosphorus -
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- Privileged Planet: p;ate tectonics and 'snowball Earth' -
David Turell,
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- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
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2018-05-25, 21:12
- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
dhw,
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- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
David Turell,
2018-05-26, 15:08
- Privileged Planet: where nitrogen is stored -
David Turell,
2018-05-29, 20:53
- Privileged Planet: how the magnetic field protects us - David Turell, 2018-05-31, 22:55
- Privileged Planet: where nitrogen is stored -
David Turell,
2018-05-29, 20:53
- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
David Turell,
2018-05-26, 15:08
- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
dhw,
2018-05-26, 11:31
- Privileged Planet: plate tectonics explained -
David Turell,
2018-06-08, 20:05
- Privileged Planet: plate tectonics explained -
dhw,
2018-06-09, 11:05
- Privileged Planet: our tilt helps life -
David Turell,
2018-06-21, 14:50
- Privileged Planet: our tilt helps life -
David Turell,
2018-07-03, 18:29
- Privileged Planet: clouds an interlocked system -
David Turell,
2018-08-16, 14:35
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
David Turell,
2018-10-31, 18:25
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
Balance_Maintained,
2018-11-02, 15:24
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
David Turell,
2018-11-02, 19:37
- Privileged Planet: why does Earth have so much water? -
David Turell,
2018-11-05, 20:00
- Privileged Planet: we have a safe sun -
David Turell,
2018-11-06, 00:04
- Privileged Planet: the Earth is in a safe place - David Turell, 2020-08-19, 23:26
- Privileged Planet: why does Earth have so much water? -
David Turell,
2018-11-07, 19:43
- Privileged Planet: water and subduction -
David Turell,
2018-11-19, 22:00
- Privileged Planet: life giving matter from a collision -
David Turell,
2019-01-23, 20:11
- Privileged Planet: life giving matter from a collision !! - David Turell, 2019-01-23, 21:22
- Privileged Planet: life giving matter from a collision -
David Turell,
2019-01-23, 20:11
- Privileged Planet: water and subduction -
David Turell,
2018-11-19, 22:00
- Privileged Planet: we have a safe sun -
David Turell,
2018-11-06, 00:04
- Privileged Planet: why does Earth have so much water? -
David Turell,
2018-11-05, 20:00
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
David Turell,
2018-11-02, 19:37
- Privileged Planet: fungus helped transformation of Earth -
David Turell,
2018-11-07, 17:56
- Privileged Planet: bacteria may cause ore deposits -
David Turell,
2019-01-26, 19:16
- Privileged Planet: magnetic field history -
David Turell,
2019-01-31, 04:37
- Privileged Planet: magnetic field history II -
David Turell,
2019-02-21, 21:36
- Privileged Planet: our atmosphere like none other -
David Turell,
2019-02-24, 04:45
- Privileged Planet: when early oxygen appeared -
David Turell,
2019-02-25, 20:12
- Privileged Planet: strong magnetic field required -
David Turell,
2019-03-15, 18:14
- Privileged Planet: tectonic plates required -
David Turell,
2019-04-03, 22:15
- Privileged Planet: iron core produces protective magnetism -
David Turell,
2019-05-06, 20:53
- Privileged Planet: another comment on internal importance -
David Turell,
2019-05-06, 22:59
- Privileged Planet: new oxygen and subduction relationship -
David Turell,
2019-05-10, 21:44
- Privileged Planet: availability of nutrients for life -
David Turell,
2019-05-22, 18:19
- Privileged Planet: new study of Earth's core - David Turell, 2019-07-15, 05:23
- Privileged Planet: availability of nutrients for life -
David Turell,
2019-05-22, 18:19
- Privileged Planet: new oxygen and subduction relationship -
David Turell,
2019-05-10, 21:44
- Privileged Planet: another comment on internal importance -
David Turell,
2019-05-06, 22:59
- Privileged Planet: tectonic plates started 2.5 b years a ago -
David Turell,
2019-08-09, 00:33
- Privileged Planet: measuring Earth's early crust -
David Turell,
2019-09-24, 19:21
- Privileged Planet: very early magnetic field - David Turell, 2020-01-25, 15:59
- Privileged Planet: measuring Earth's early crust -
David Turell,
2019-09-24, 19:21
- Privileged Planet: iron core produces protective magnetism -
David Turell,
2019-05-06, 20:53
- Privileged Planet: tectonic plates required -
David Turell,
2019-04-03, 22:15
- Privileged Planet: strong magnetic field required -
David Turell,
2019-03-15, 18:14
- Privileged Planet: when early oxygen appeared -
David Turell,
2019-02-25, 20:12
- Privileged Planet: our atmosphere like none other -
David Turell,
2019-02-24, 04:45
- Privileged Planet: magnetic field reversals -
David Turell,
2021-02-18, 21:09
- Privileged Planet: continental subduction allows life -
David Turell,
2021-02-24, 23:10
- Privileged Planet: continental subduction allows life -
David Turell,
2021-03-02, 20:07
- Privileged Planet: early Earth mostly molten -
David Turell,
2021-03-12, 22:27
- Privileged Planet: deep ocean plate tectonics -
David Turell,
2021-03-18, 19:42
- Privileged Planet: short early days and oxygen levels - David Turell, 2021-08-03, 15:22
- Privileged Planet: deep ocean plate tectonics -
David Turell,
2022-08-19, 16:23
- Privileged Planet: continent formation - David Turell, 2022-08-20, 18:06
- Privileged Planet: deep ocean plate tectonics -
David Turell,
2021-03-18, 19:42
- Privileged Planet: early Earth mostly molten -
David Turell,
2021-03-12, 22:27
- Privileged Planet: continental subduction allows life -
David Turell,
2021-03-02, 20:07
- Privileged Planet: magnetic loss and return -
David Turell,
2022-09-21, 16:38
- Privileged Planet: meteorite's contribution -
David Turell,
2022-09-30, 20:51
- Privileged Planet: meteorite's contribution of nitrogen - David Turell, 2023-12-03, 17:47
- Privileged Planet: meteorite's contribution -
David Turell,
2022-09-30, 20:51
- Privileged Planet: continental subduction allows life -
David Turell,
2021-02-24, 23:10
- Privileged Planet: magnetic field history II -
David Turell,
2019-02-21, 21:36
- Privileged Planet: magnetic field history -
David Turell,
2019-01-31, 04:37
- Privileged Planet: bacteria may cause ore deposits -
David Turell,
2019-01-26, 19:16
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
Balance_Maintained,
2018-11-02, 15:24
- Privileged Planet: life transformed the Earth -
David Turell,
2018-10-31, 18:25
- Privileged Planet: our tilt helps life - David Turell, 2019-07-29, 19:43
- Privileged Planet: clouds an interlocked system -
David Turell,
2018-08-16, 14:35
- Privileged Planet: our tilt helps life -
David Turell,
2018-07-03, 18:29
- Privileged Planet: our tilt helps life -
David Turell,
2018-06-21, 14:50
- Privileged Planet: plate tectonics explained -
dhw,
2018-06-09, 11:05
- Privileged Planet: when land masses appeared -
David Turell,
2018-05-25, 21:12
- Privileged Planet: p;ate tectonics and 'snowball Earth' -
David Turell,
2018-05-08, 01:08
- Privileged Planet: we have useful phosphorus -
David Turell,
2018-04-06, 14:56
- Privileged Planet: very early Earth -
David Turell,
2018-03-29, 18:07
- Privileged Planet: very early Earth -
David Turell,
2017-05-08, 18:50
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
dhw,
2016-02-05, 18:58
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
David Turell,
2016-02-04, 15:52
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
dhw,
2016-02-04, 08:31
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
David Turell,
2016-02-03, 15:38
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
dhw,
2016-02-03, 13:04
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
David Turell,
2016-02-02, 19:24
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
dhw,
2016-02-02, 18:31
- Privileged Planet: comparing solar systems -
David Turell,
2016-02-02, 05:40
- Privileged Planet: New study -
David Turell,
2015-07-22, 16:36
- Privileged Planet: Magnetic field -
David Turell,
2015-04-15, 18:38
- Privileged Planet: New book -
David Turell,
2015-03-05, 05:23
- Privileged Planet: New book -
David Turell,
2011-12-31, 19:24
- Privileged Planet: Keppler searches for other Earths -
xeno6696,
2011-02-06, 01:34