[TML] Bigass Planet X

[Garry Ward]

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From: "Ken & Juliane Murphy" <booksfleamarket at yahoo.com>
To: <tml at travellercentral.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] Bigass Planet X


>   Over the last couiple of days, Peter Trevor and Timothy Little have 
> opined on the distribution of worlds generated using alternative World 
> Size tables.
>     I found it interesting that one method generated more small worlds on 
> average, but fewer instances of belts.
>     Well, that started me wondeering about *real* worlds and their place 
> in things. Does anyone out there have any idea whether currently accepted 
>  > scientific theory leans toward one assumption/model over another? Are 
> there more smaller worlds over larger? More belts over worlds in general? 
>  > Even distribution?
I think that currently the issue is that detecting small worlds is very, 
very  difficult.

I think most of the worlds outside of the solar system that have been found 
are all several times larger than earth if not at least the size of jupiter 
or saturn.

Garry
>
>     Oh well :)
>    -Ken-
>
>    "You'll never get credit for my discovery. Who's going to believe a 
> talking head?
> Get a job in a sideshow."
> ---Herbert West, Reanimator
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