BBC Focus Magazine

[Shadowwolf]

One is a rocky planet 1.5 times the size of Earth. The other is a gaseous world nearly four times Earth's size. Together they form a spectacular system in which two planets orbit closer to each other than any yet discovered.

"We've never known of planets like this," said Yale University astronomer Sarbani Basu, a member of the research team that analyzed the system. "If you were on the smaller planet looking up, the larger planet would seem more than twice the size of Earth's full moon. It would be jaw-dropping."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120621152307.htm

[M Paul Lloyd]

And then I'm left wondering what if the apparent distances involved were in some way flawed meaning that the relative distances and velocities might seem more logical?.................. It's just that we do seem to assume a great deal about the size and distances involved without considering that it might all be a bit wrong perhaps?

[Isee]

And then I'm left wondering what if the apparent distances involved were in some way flawed meaning that the relative distances and velocities might seem more logical?.................. It's just that we do seem to assume a great deal about the size and distances involved without considering that it might all be a bit wrong perhaps?

I have always wondered just how accurate the "light wobble" system to find extrasolar planets really was myself.

I mean it's great and all but just because we cannot prove that it is flawed, doesn't mean it is automatically right, right?

[M Paul Lloyd]

I absolutely agree Isee, although I accept that these people are highly qualified and clever and all but even so the underlying science could still be flawed.................. so, we do the right thing and accept what they say but keep an open mind to any alternative possibilities that might be put forward.

At least until they are proven wrong....