Re: [semi-OT] extrasolar planets - where are the kra'vak??

Alan and Carmel Brain wrote:
> 
> From: "Indy" <kochte@stsci.edu>
> 
> >I will tell you that
> > there is a "new" class of planet out there (not yet discovered,
> > but give them time) called "ocean planets". These would be
> > (nominally at this time) Neptunes or Uranuses in what is known as
> > the "habitable zone" (the zone where it is warm enough for water
> > to be in a liquid state; inside the zone water is a gas, and
> > outside the zone water is ice) (do I hear a call for water-based
> > scenarios? ;-). So now there are four basic planet types: gas
giants,
> > ice planets (includes ice giants), terrestrial (rocky), and ocean.
> 
> So maybe the OU Ocean-world of  Vaticorum II ( aka "The Vatican")
> that I've mentioned in previous posts isn't that improbable after
> all.

Nope.

Of course Neptune/Uranus-sized ocean worlds would have a fairly
high level of gravity at the 'surface'.  ;-)  But it is feasible
that smaller worlds also developed as ocean.

If anything ever comes to pass I'll try to let you guys know.  ;-)

Mk