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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
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Well, hmm. So, does anyone know how many planets have been discovered, or are thought to exist? Other than our obvious 9 of course.

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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Umm...never mind. I found it. So, uh, delete this thread.

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Aethelwer
Frank G
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Actually, I wouldn't mind knowing myself.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Looks like about 27. At least, according to this site, which I have in my bookmarks...

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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D'oh! I was going to post that link.

At least, once I confirmed the site was actually there. It seems to move about quite a bit.

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Bernd
Guy from Old Europe
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Still a few more? http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/catalog.html

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Montgomery
Reigning Supreme
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These, of course are gas giant type planets. Of Jupiter's mass or greater.

Detecting terrestrial sized bodies is harder.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Check out this site to see about the future of finding smaller planets around other stars. In 2003, they plan to launch the Space Technology 3 mission to validate the technology for the Space Interferometry Mission (2005), which should be able to look for smaller planets in other systems. The Terrestrial Planet Finder in 2011 should determine which of these smaller planets are Earth-like. Beyond that is Planet Imager, but, unfortunately, the technology for that one is neither available nor "on the immediate horizon".

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First of Two
Better than you
Member # 16

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Assuming they don't @#$% it up like Climate Orbiter and Polar Lander, of course.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Well, the climate orbiter was indeed a bit of a ****-up. But the lander situation is just weird. It just... disappeared... :-)

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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It's that damned graviton ellipse!

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Xentrick
good to go
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Humans 2
Martians 3

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