Rocky! CoRoT-Exo-7b update with Malcolm Fridlund…via Facebook
10:15pmRui
found us a new home already? 
10:16pmMalcolm
Not unless you like 2000K in the shadow
but it is indeed rocky 
10:17pmMalcolm
and more rocky than Mars
10:17pmRui
you know that I’m from the south…I would be at home there…lol
how’s that?!
more rocky than mars?!
10:17pmMalcolm
more like Mercury, Venus or Earth.
10:17pmRui
wow…those are indeed hot news…
10:18pmMalcolm
yep, 1.6 earth radii and 5.8 earth masses is 5.7g cm-3
and mars is only 4 
10:18pmRui
hey…let me just get that straight…
10:18pmMalcolm
but as I said – a bit to sunny
10:18pmRui
good for a nice tan…
10:19pmMalcolm
well, for our next trick I want the same rock!
a bit further out
10:19pmRui
how’s that?
10:19pmMalcolm
so we keep looking
10:19pmRui
oh I see…
but no hints yet…
10:20pmMalcolm
nope, it took us 1 year of follow-up for this one
10:20pmRui
yes I know…
10:20pmMalcolm
and we have several candidates so we need to pick the right one
maybe there is one though.
10:21pmRui
several candidates on the same system, is that it?
10:21pmMalcolm
well, yes and no.
10:21pmRui
hum…
10:21pmMalcolm
There are more planets in the same system but they are Neptunes…
but we have more systems.
10:22pmRui
and in those are possible rocky candidates?
10:22pmMalcolm
the size is right – only need to find out if they are indeed planets.
Malcolm, you’re just … fantastic! As David would have said :=)