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Possible Earth-Like Planet Found

Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:09:24 AM #37335 Perm Link

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A planet that has the mass of about 5 Earths was found in the habitable zone of a red dwarf. <a href="http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2007/pr-22-07.html">More observations are needed to find out more about this planet</a>. There is a possibility of liquid water on the surface. This would be a huge discovery.

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"We have estimated that the mean temperature of this super-Earth lies between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius, and water would thus be liquid," explains Stéphane Udry, from the Geneva Observatory (Switzerland) and lead-author of the paper reporting the result. "Moreover, its radius should be only 1.5 times the Earth's radius, and models predict that the planet should be either rocky - like our Earth - or fully covered with oceans," he adds.

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Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:01:55 AM #37339 Perm Link

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That's quite interesting. the planet is quite close though. Takes a lot less time then even mercury.

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Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:04:44 AM #37340 Perm Link

I seen this on the news this morning. This is very interesting. Curious to see how it all pans out. Is the closest thing to earth that has been found so far that I am aware of.

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Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:38:58 AM #37519 Perm Link

What to me is amazing, how come if it is so close, it was not seen before? Can it be that is moving towards earth? It would be interesting to find out that somohow there is gigantic mirror out there that is just showing us the earth reflexion!! LOL!

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Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:09:38 AM #37528 Perm Link

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It is only 5 times our earth's mass. That is very small to see a wobble from a star. That's why we haven't seen it.

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Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:19:16 AM #37530 Perm Link

Now if they could only figure out a way to see what is on there. I am just really curious to see what all the find out in the future.

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Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:47:23 PM #37545 Perm Link

What's on the planet? Ice cream cones. Millions of them.

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Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:55:53 PM #37547 Perm Link

This is really cool. It would be really interesting if people would live there one day! BTW, I heard that in a few hundred years people want to go to Mars to live there.

What if this new planet is full of aliens, and that's where they come from!

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