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In fact, it's hotter than some stars. Perhaps "Hell" would be a good name for it. :cool:
The hottest planet ever discovered is charcoal black and makes even some stars seem cool. Scientists think the exoplanet absorbs nearly all the starlight that reaches its surface and then reradiates it back out into space as heat.

Called HD 149026b, the feverish world emits so much infrared heat that it glows slightly. "It would look like an ember in space, absorbing all incoming light but glowing a dull red," said study leader Joseph Harrington of the University of Central Florida.

Located 279 light-years away in the constellation Hercules, HD 149026b is a so-called hot Jupiter, a giant gas planet that orbits very close to its star. It is a scorching 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius), three times hotter than Mercury and hotter than the coolest stars.

The finding is published online in the journal Nature.
Full story: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070509_hottest_planet.html
(waits for all the global warming skeptics to start making fools of themselves...) :p

It should be called hellworld then

In fact, it's hotter than some stars. Perhaps "Hell" would be a good name for it. :cool:

Full story: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070509_hottest_planet.html
(waits for all the global warming skeptics to start making fools of themselves...) :p

Interesting stuff, eh? Though I'm waiting for the idiot Trekkies who start calling this a Y-class planet...

The hottest planet ever discovered is charcoal black and makes even some stars seem cool.

Oh oh....Fifth Element anyone?

As it happens, the planet is considerably hotter than hell, or heaven for that matter.

Revelation 21:8 states "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Brimstone is sulphur. In order for sulphur to be molten, its temperature must be at or below 444.6 °C or 832 °F.

Isaiah 30:26 states: "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days." One individual interpreted this passage as meaning that the radiation received by Heaven from the sun is 7 times 7 or 49 times as much as the earth does today. 1 Added to that is the contribution of the moon which would equal the present amount that the earth receives from the sun. Thus Heaven would receive (49 + 1) or 50 times the radiation as the earth does today. The Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation links the temperature of an object with the amount of radiation received. It would predict that the temperature of heaven would be 498 degrees Celsius hotter than the earth is currently. Thus heaven would be about 525 °C or 977 °F.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hell_tem.htm

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a reason to post that.

As it happens, the planet is considerably hotter than hell, or heaven for that matter.

Revelation 21:8 states "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Brimstone is sulphur. In order for sulphur to be molten, its temperature must be at or below 444.6 °C or 832 °F.

Isaiah 30:26 states: "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days." One individual interpreted this passage as meaning that the radiation received by Heaven from the sun is 7 times 7 or 49 times as much as the earth does today. 1 Added to that is the contribution of the moon which would equal the present amount that the earth receives from the sun. Thus Heaven would receive (49 + 1) or 50 times the radiation as the earth does today. The Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation links the temperature of an object with the amount of radiation received. It would predict that the temperature of heaven would be 498 degrees Celsius hotter than the earth is currently. Thus heaven would be about 525 °C or 977 °F.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hell_tem.htm

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a reason to post that.

Heaven is hotter than Hell. Funky.

But it's a dry heat. :)

(waits for all the global warming skeptics to start making fools of themselves...) :p

(Fails to understand what this has to do with global warming...)

(Fails to understand what this has to do with global warming...)

(Precisely.)

(PS: What's with the parentheses?!?)

(Precisely.)

(PS: What's with the parentheses?!?)

Just keeping the layout consistent with the OP :)

Heaven is hotter than Hell. Funky.

But it's a dry heat. :)

Oh yeah. 0 humidity up there.

They could call it Crematoria?

Oooh, this is good!

Of course it's cool. It's only 16 degrees here.

They could call it Crematoria?

lets call it "Cook your eggs in 0.000000000000000000000000000000000001 Seconds!"

As it happens, the planet is considerably hotter than hell, or heaven for that matter.

Revelation 21:8 states "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Brimstone is sulphur. In order for sulphur to be molten, its temperature must be at or below 444.6 °C or 832 °F.

Isaiah 30:26 states: "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days." One individual interpreted this passage as meaning that the radiation received by Heaven from the sun is 7 times 7 or 49 times as much as the earth does today. 1 Added to that is the contribution of the moon which would equal the present amount that the earth receives from the sun. Thus Heaven would receive (49 + 1) or 50 times the radiation as the earth does today. The Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation links the temperature of an object with the amount of radiation received. It would predict that the temperature of heaven would be 498 degrees Celsius hotter than the earth is currently. Thus heaven would be about 525 °C or 977 °F.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hell_tem.htm

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a reason to post that.
I think i love you, so what am i so afraid of?!?

It is a scorching 3,700 degrees Fahrenheit (2,040 degrees Celsius), three times hotter than Mercury and hotter than the coolest stars.

Is it actually meaningful to describe something as 'x times hotter than'? Honest question.

(Fails to understand what this has to do with global warming...)

Well, this is one very warm globe we are talking about... :p

Is it actually meaningful to describe something as 'x times hotter than'? Honest question.

Well, it's poor grammar, for one thing. And it doesn't make sense unless you use Kelvins, measuring from absolute zero. If you do use Kelvins, then something that is 3000 K could legitimately be described as "three times as hot as" something that is 1000 K (to use some arbitrary numbers). But I must acknowledge that, while "three times hotter than" doesn't make much grammatic sense, it's more likely to be understood than "three times as hot as" by the general population.

However, under no circumstances should "three times as cold as" or "three times colder than" be used for something that is, in fact, one-third as hot as something else.

...but charcoal is made by tree bark (or something I really need to look that up) though!:eek:

They could call it Crematoria?

Is that the prison world? Where is Vin Diesel when you need him?

In fact, it's hotter than some stars. Perhaps "Hell" would be a good name for it. :cool:


How about Char? The description of it being black reminded me of the planet from Starcraft.

How about Char? The description of it being black reminded me of the planet from Starcraft.

But is the overmind there?

Interesting stuff, eh? Though I'm waiting for the idiot Trekkies who start calling this a Y-class planet...

This is an M-class planet, clearly!

I think i love you, so what am i so afraid of?!?

I'm afraid of Partridge Family covers...

But is the overmind there?

Let's see:
It contains higher levels of heavy elements
metals such as titanium and vanadium can exist in their gaseous forms
a very metal-rich star
the planet is so abundant in heavy elements.

This must be the crystals! The overmind is ready to farm it all!

Hell is a terrible name, as Hell is a really cold place. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Norway)

metals such as titanium and vanadium can exist in their gaseous forms

Could that count as vespene gas?

I say we prepare for the Zerg invasion before it's too late!

I say we prepare for the Zerg invasion before it's too late!

Preparing for Overmind invasion: assembal millitary to fight on land, sea, air and space.

Preparing for Kerrigan invasion: Try to stop drooling.

Preparing for Kerrigan invasion: Try to stop drooling.

She killed Fenix! :mad:

Dammit, all the obvious sci-fi references have been taken! :mad:

... oh, wait, one hasn't. Proclarush Taonas, anyone? :p [/stargateinjoke]

She killed Fenix! :mad:

She also took Mengsk down a peg or two and killed Edmund.

Dammit, all the obvious sci-fi references have been taken! :mad:

... oh, wait, one hasn't. Proclarush Taonas, anyone? :p [/stargateinjoke]

I think that you have too much naquada in your blood.

lets call it "Cook your eggs in 0.000000000000000000000000000000000001 Seconds!"

Its nice, not as cool as Hellworld though...