Kepler spots Earth-sized exoplanet ideal for barbecues

The Kepler mission has turned up yet another catch for the exoplanet zoo: a planet with an orbit a little over one-tenth that of our Mercury, that zips around its star in 2.8 Earth days. With that proximity, Kepler-21b isn’t much of a candidate for “habitable zone” nominations: outdoor cooking would be the order of the day. …

[No, I will not fix your computer]

Sounds like the perfect place for a triple-max security prison.......

[Ru]

"all the good names were taken"

...hasn't been an excuse since Elite (or was it Elite 2?) gave us procedurally generated star names.

[Graham Marsden]

So...

... would you call it Lave?

[Chris Miller]

Fahrenheit (note sp)

Who's used that since 1960? Oh, the US of course.

[Liam Johnson]

Party

3 day year your say? Xmas, boxing day and new year on after the other. turkey might get a bit overcooked though.

[Adrian Jones]

3,000 degrees Farenheit?

What's that in the 21st century?

[rcomm]

Hot.

[Wupspups]

But it is already named,

Crematoria I believe

[Pascal Monett]

Hang on

1.3 solar masses in twice the diameter ? Isn't that eight times the volume ? That has to mean (off the top of my head) 1/5th the density of our Sun, doesn't it ?

And it's a young star - so probably burning hot, which might explain the exaggerated diameter.

Boffin icon, for obvious reasons.

[Martin Budden]

You can't have it both ways.

"the brightest star in the Kepler star field"

"Invisible to the naked eye"

Well, which is it?