Comments on: Did the Hubble telescope find the 1st exomoon?

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 22:26:00 +0000

At these sizes of planet and moon any possiblility that we might have a moon orbiting a moon orbiting a planet?

By: Darren Seabolt

Darren Seabolt — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:18:00 +0000

Why get excited over mights? Get excited over the facts, that’s what I do. We don’t even know for sure that other stars even have planets much less if the planets have moons around them.

By: Mike Williams

Mike Williams — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:49:00 +0000

I just read thru the report made by the two celestial detectives. Wow! Every question I had prepped was answered twice over.
Can you imagine a moon ( kepler 1625-B-i) the size of Neptune orbiting a planet kepler 1625-B) with a mass like/similar to Jupiter.( possibly larger). Then those 2 orbiting a star of approximately 1 solar mass. On top of that the senario is a “potentially habital zone”. Although the moon and planet are both gaseous.
If you read the report and want a good understanding go to the (close to) conclusion. Less technical.

By: JUANNITO

JUANNITO — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:32:00 +0000

More great observations to demonstrate how common we really are. Great work!

By: Brad Vietje

Brad Vietje — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:25:00 +0000

Wicked cool stuff! If a moon, we’d need a number of observations to work out a precise period, and work out the orbital dynamics — including the wobble of the planet. Could also be a big star spot, which would not show periodic behavior, so observations during non-transit times might rule that out.