Talk:Kepler-1606b
Latest comment: 7 years ago by 79.243.228.95 in topic Ice giant in habitable zone?
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Ice giant in habitable zone?
editThis is a quite contradictory piece of information. As far as I know, a planet may be an ice giant or it may be within the star's habitable zone. To be largely composed of (solid) ice it must be outside the HZ. Otherwise the name "ice giant" is inappropriate because its surface / atmosphere can't contain significant amounts of ice, simply because it's too warm. (Although its mantle may theoretically do so, at sufficient pressure and if the core is unusually cool.)
Interestingly, the source given in the article says the same, "an ice giant in the habitable zone"... maybe they mean a neptune-sized planet instead? --79.243.228.95 (talk) 02:32, 27 December 2016 (UTC)