A different Brian Cox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

Funnily enough I was talking yesterday with someone about Brian Cox the actor. And I felt that he was a much better Lecter than Hopkins who continually (to me ) over acts in the most hammy way.

>Brian Cox the actor or a different one? It's a bit of movie trivia that he was the first to play Hannibal Lecter in the movies, in "Manhunter."
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>Now I am getting the urge to rewatch "Silence of the Lambs" for about the fifth time. It is a bit gory for some tastes but if you can take that it's almost a perfect movie.
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>>Hi John
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>>If astronomy is an area you're interested you should try and catch
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>>Wonders of the Solar System with Brian Cox. It was shown on BBC here. Its popular science and he presents it very well and with great enthusiasm. I really enjoyed it.
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>>>I think that's mainly a result of the detection methods than an indicator of average sysem structure. Hot Jupiter systems bother me because the planets had to have formed in the outer system and migrated in ,... probably destroying small, rocky worlds in the process.
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>>>>Interesting that most of the planets discovered so far are big and very close to their star. I don't know if thats down to the method of detection only finding that sort or if it indicates our solar system is unusual.
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>>>>>Sigh.....it was not interesting to normal people; possibly it was to astrophycists....I live-blogged the news conference. Here, unedited, are my notes:
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>>>>>• One intriguing system with multiple planets discovered (2 planets known, 1 possible)
>>>>>• They are discussing planet sizes and masses and densities and how they arrived at their data (the suspense is killing me).
>>>>>• Both planets roughly Saturn sized (slightly smaller), 19 and 38 days orbit with interaction between the two in orbital resonance.
>>>>>• Planets called Kepler 9b and 9c. System called “Kepler” (what a surprise)
>>>>>• Possible 1.5 Earth size third planet orbiting in 1.6 days (wow, that’s close). Not yet confirmed.
>>>>>• Scientists can make anything sound boring,….
>>>>>• Using new technique called transit timing that pinpoints planetary mass.
>>>>>• The orbital resonance cannot have formed that way….confirms some planetary migration theories.
>>>>>• The Kepler system is in Lyrae, 2000 light years away.
>>>>>• Scientists pissed off by stupid question from Orlando Sentinel reporter.
>>>>>• Another stupid question this time from CNN. “Is the 3rd planet confirmation of a small planet in the habitable zone?” Answer , if course, is that a couple of million miles from star is not exactly habitable.
>>>>>• Kepler system star is dim, low-mass.
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>>>>>>Announcement about kepler probe findings coming up
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>>>>>>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-72AR.html