Of course, these numbers don’t necessarily mean anything. There are large errors if a person has a common name or alternative spellings. However, it’s interesting to see that there is indeed a correlation (which is labeled main sequence in the plot).

Update: I’ve made an improved version in which the google searches include the words “exoplanet”, “astronomy” and “astrophysics”. The sum of the number of results is used in the plot. This should avoid most of the issues for people with common names. You can download the scripts to create these plots here and fine tune all parameters.

If you feel that someone is missing from the list let me know and I’ll add him/her. If you’re unhappy with your score, please send me bribes in forms of cakes or iPhones.

PS: Stephen, beware! I’m heading towards you!

Exoplanet HR Diagram (follow link for an svg version)

(original version)


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• DPMHD3D
• GravTree (movie!)

coffee.pdf – This is an example of all included stains and also the documentation of the package.

coffee.tar.gz – This archive contains all files including the documentation (you probably want to download this).

coffee.sty – This is the actual package which contains everything including the images.

coffee.tex – This is the source code of the example file.

Why did nobody tell me that?

• DateTime: 2009:01:05 12:29:16
• Model: K750i

You find a list of links to other blogs on the right hand side. I found those links on various sites, such as slashdot and gizmodo. Some of them are stupid, some are interesting and some are funny. You will have to decide for your own in which category they fall. The list is updated automatically by my RSS reader.   

I also imported all photoblog items. Let me know if something if not working.

• DateTime: 2007:05:10 17:50:58
• Model: K750i