Re: planets

Padraic Brown wrote:
> This particular world _happens_ to
> be small and rocky and _happens_ to have a relatively large moon.
> This is no reason to assume that life _must_ be on a rocky planet with
> a moon.
True, but the point is that they've done calculations that found that
without a large moon, the axis would vary greatly.  Of course, maybe
life could adapt to tremendous climactic changes, but who knows.

And, for all we know, there could be life in gaseous planets or on
stars.  <shrug>

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