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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:08
I'm in a slight mood now.  Damn.

So apologies if Alex took offence at those comments.  I'm a wee bit bitter about nothing at all, to be honest. LOL
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Erm...

This image amuses me:

Jupiter WASP-17b














WASP-17b is supposed to be 1.5-2 times as large as Jupiter.  So why does this image show it as bigger than Jupiter?

Or have I missed something?

Plus it's plain white.  Why did they ever bother with this image? LOL


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Originally posted by James James wrote:








WASP-17b is supposed to be 1.5-2 times as large as Jupiter.  So why does this image show it as bigger than Jupiter?



Confused
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Brahms Symphony #1 = glorious piece of music.  I picked up Symphonies 1 - 4 from the library.  Are they all this good?  Has all this prog listening made me better able to appreciate classical music, or is this just real lively compared to some of the other symphonies that I have heard.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:18
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:








WASP-17b is supposed to be 1.5-2 times as large as Jupiter.  So why does this image show it as bigger than Jupiter?



Confused


I hope you're agreeing with me here and not spotted some gross error in my words. LOL
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:22
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:








WASP-17b is supposed to be 1.5-2 times as large as Jupiter.  So why does this image show it as bigger than Jupiter?



Confused


I hope you're agreeing with me here and not spotted some gross error in my words. LOL


Read your words again.  Carefully.
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As large as

That says to me it's smaller...

Surely if it's bigger, they'd say "it's 1.5-2 times larger than"? or something similar.

Hmmm... I'm confusing myself now. LOL
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:27
Originally posted by James James wrote:

As large as

That says to me it's smaller...

Surely if it's bigger, they'd say "it's 1.5-2 times larger than"? or something similar.

Hmmm... I'm confusing myself now. LOL


No man.

As large as = 1x
Twice as large as = 2x
Half as large as = 0.5x
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That still makes no sense... Confused
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

That still makes no sense... Confused


Oh well.  Here - radius of WASP 17-B is 1.75 times the radius of Jupiter.


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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:33
Now that does make sense. LOL

It did until you changed it... I think it's the Of that throws me.





WASP-17b: radius 1.74 RJ
Jupiter: Polar radius 66,854 ± 10 km
10.517 Earths

Erm... they're in different measurements.


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What's in different measurements?
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I mean the unit of measurement.

WASP-17b is in RJ (Jupiter Radius -- I want a km radius for it)
Jupiter is in km and Earths


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This conversation is gold.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Rj is in km
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:39
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

This conversation is gold.


I'm trying to help the physic(s)ally challenged.  Wink
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:39
Yes but I want its actual radius, not its radius in comparison to Jupiter. LOL

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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I mean the unit of measurement.

WASP-17b is in RJ (Jupiter Radius -- I want a km radius for it)
Jupiter is in km and Earths


click on the link and it gives you the equatorial and polar radii
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:41
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Yes but I want it's actual radius, not its radius in comparison to Jupiter. LOL


1.75*66854 = 116,994.5 km (using Jupiter's polar radius)


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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 21:41
That's for Jupiter.

I want those same measurements for WASP-17b
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