tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post7809236758401035758..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Our planets are weirdC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-246493683092943952011-02-10T23:11:06.280+11:002011-02-10T23:11:06.280+11:00Dear Anonymous: Thank you for your constructive c...Dear Anonymous: Thank you for your constructive comments. An update awaits. Note, however, that the phrase "As I've commented elsewhere" isn't that useful if we don't know who you are.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-27762688924393892262011-02-09T05:48:41.560+11:002011-02-09T05:48:41.560+11:00I'm starting to wonder whether maybe the reaso...I'm starting to wonder whether maybe the reason we have rocky inner planets is because of the Jupiter-Saturn configuration. Simulations suggest that such configurations migrate outwards rather than inwards (unlike Saturn-Jupiter configurations or Jupiter-Neptune configurations). The outward migration of Jupiter and Saturn may have prevented the inner system getting swamped with icy material andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-12496922281254218602011-02-09T03:25:18.110+11:002011-02-09T03:25:18.110+11:00I tend to agree with your general thesis, that sol...I tend to agree with your general thesis, that solar systems like ours seem to be pretty rare, with the caveat that you made that Kepler won't have actually found SSs like ours yet. However, your second plot isn't very meaningful.<br />The fainter stars in the Kepler field mostly tend to be K and M dwarfs, and significantly smaller than the sun, and that ups the depths of transits and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com