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   "Russell Wallace"  wrote in message   
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   > On 10 Dec 2003 17:37:01 GMT, baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >"Our simulations show a tremendous variety of planets. You can have   
   planets   
   > >that are half the size of Earth and are very dry, like Mars, or you can   
   have   
   > >planets like Earth, or you can have planets three times bigger than   
   Earth,   
   > >with perhaps 10 times more water," said Sean Raymond, a University of   
   > >Washington doctoral student in astronomy.   
   >   
   > Solid planets three times Earth's diameter? i.e. with more than 27   
   > times the mass? (Presumably considerably more than 27 times, since the   
   > core would be pretty compressed at that stage.) Is that really   
   > possible?   
      
   Where did you see the word diameter in the above quote.   
   Perhaps bigger in this context referred to volume or mass.   
      
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