7 new exo-planets discovered by a Belgian-led team

[lumumba]

I don't now if it can enter in this forum but it big....
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/s ... -nasa.html

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

Offcourse it can, will be the next destinations for Virgin Galactic !
Visiting your green uncle

CXB

[lumumba]

Hi,

Offcourse it can, will be the next destinations for Virgin Galactic !
Visiting your green uncle

CXB

Sometime it's nice to be Belgian

[sn26567]

I don't now if it can enter in this forum but it big....
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/s ... -nasa.html

Indeed, not really an aviation topic, but let's consider that astronomy is not too far away from our subjects of interest.

And indeed, a subject of proud for Belgium, at light years from the lousy debate about Brussels noise in the profound silence of outer space.

The name Trappist is also so typically Belgian. A great discovery!

[lumumba]

I don't now if it can enter in this forum but it big....
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/s ... -nasa.html

Indeed, not really an aviation topic, but let's consider that astronomy is not too far away from our subjects of interest.

And indeed, a subject of proud for Belgium, at light years from the lousy debate about Brussels noise in the profound silence of outer space.

The name Trappist is also so typically Belgian. A great discovery!

Thx and it's going around the world first page of El Pais
http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/22/cie ... 37999.html

[sn26567]

The University of Liege site (in English) of the project:

http://www.trappist.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_330 ... st-portail

[Desert Rat]

The name is great indeed...but I think there's only 5 Trappist ale...for seven planets, it's not enough!

[luchtzak]

Duvel & Orval

[Desert Rat]

Duvel is not a Trappist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... 103815b9ca

Quite funny how the press is referring to Trappist-1 probably not knowing the meaning of the name...

[sn26567]

There are 6 trappist beers in Belgium: Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle and Westvleteren. And to make #7 you can choose from either Holland (La Trappe and Zundert), Austria, Italy or even USA.

[lumumba]

Even GOOGLE is playing with it....

[Magiktrix]

NASA is playing with it as well

[convair]

Nice play on words with "hop" btw.