Low-metallicity really doesn't mean "metals", it means anything heavier than helium, IIRC.
Sorry, I should have been clearer: the local astronomers had discovered via spectroscopy that the neighboring stars actually had much more metal - iron and copper were specifically mentioned - than their primary.
How big is the second planet? Big enough to also be Earth-like?
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Date: 2007-08-26 06:56 pm (UTC)Sorry, I should have been clearer: the local astronomers had discovered via spectroscopy that the neighboring stars actually had much more metal - iron and copper were specifically mentioned - than their primary.
How big is the second planet? Big enough to also be Earth-like?
Yes; it appears to have life.