Friday, May 18, 2007  Catching up on cool stuff...
Still, here are the numbers:  Star Gl 581 Distance: 6.26 pc
Spectral Type: M3 Apparent Magnitude: V = 10.55 Mass: 0.31 Msun
Age: 4.3 Gyr Radius: 0.38 Rsun Right Ascension: 15 19 26
Declination: -07 43 20  Planet Gliese 581c M.sin i: 0.0152 MJ
Semi major axis: 0.073 AU Orbital period: 12.91 (Â± 0.007) days
Eccentricity: 0   Anonymous said...  Some humans are already
able to see in the UV spectrum. During WW2 the ability was used
to receive secret messages sent by undercover agents on the
continent. They signalled in invsibile UV to Allied boats off
the coast carrying individuals who could see UV.  This is the
one reference to the story I could find on the net, but I didn't
spend much time looking:,9837,724257,00.html  Doug S. said...
That "seeing with your tongue" thing is pretty cool. How long
until Nintendo figures out a way to use it for video games?
Gilmoure said...  For that ice planet, I imagine a world
girdling glacier, con