Indeed, it must be close to its sun given its orbit speed. I suspect the Corot-Exobians will beat a quick retreat once they realise cricket in England is nearly an underwater sport, requiring near zero wind- chill to beat down the sun drenched Aussies.
On 4 Feb, 18:25, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > "Ashes" is surely right, Neil. Given the proximity of the planet to > its sun and estimated surface temperatures between 1000° and 1500° > Celsius, the Corot-Exo-7beebians would really burn the house down at > Lords. :-) > > Francis > > On 4 Feb., 17:52, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is no doubt proof, at least to some of the gun lobby, that the > > Corot-Exo-7beebians are infiltrating Earth as ticket scalpers. The > > "battles" at Lords and the Oval may well take an unusual turn this > > coming year, though as long as we beat the Aussies I care little for > > the fate of the Earth itself, having found it otherwise dull and > > somewhat demanding on my patience. Manchester is no longer even fit > > to hold a Test Match. Sky have the tv rights and it costs the Earth > > (clearly a small amount given my previous admissions!) to get Sky > > Sports. I understand too, that one is forced not only to watch the > > cricket as a necessary holy pleasure, but also forced to watch monster > > truck racing as penance, along with endless re-runs of 1970s > > television that makes one mistakenly believe one had left the time > > machine on in the kitchen. You seem a splendid fellow Ian, of the > > type that listens to Ladies of Letters on Radio 4, wishing they hadn't > > changed the name from the Home Service. > > > On 4 Feb, 07:57, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2009/2/4 archytas <[email protected]> > > > > > The new find, Corot-Exo-7b, has a diameter less than twice that of > > > > Earth and orbits its Sun-like star once every 20 hours. That's a > > > > pretty fast orbit. If the French are good enough to be able to see > > > > this planet with their space telescope, there's surely a good chance > > > > Corot-Exo-7beebians are already travelling to Earth to sample their > > > > cheese and to watch the next Ashes series in England. > > > > It's unlikely that a Corot-Exo-7beebian would be able to get tickets for > > > the > > > Ashes, since this involves signing up, at a cost, to be a member of the > > > Twelth Man supporters club, to even have the opportunity to purchase > > > tickets > > > for England matches. It was enough to put me off, so I'll make do with the > > > TV. Any extra-terrestials are obviously welcome to join me. > > > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
