US EditionScientists Find Earth-sized Exoplanet Candidate in Star's Habitable Zone
The Earth-sized candidate planet HD 137010 b has a 40% chance to lie in the conservative habitable zone and may be colder than Mars, scientists said.
- Australian astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable planet named HD 137010 b, located 150 light years away.
- The planet is nearly the same size as Earth and has an orbital period of 355 days.
- Lead researcher Dr. Venner stated there was a 50 percent chance the planet was habitable.
- Overall, astronomers have discovered more than 6000 exoplanets.
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Astronomers discover potentially habitable new planet similar to Mars
Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable new planet about 146-light years away from Earth.The candidate planet, designated HD 137010 b, emerged from observations gathered during Nasa's Kepler space telescope K2 mission in 2017.The US space agency described the planet as being "remarkably similar to Earth".An international research team spanning Australia, Britain, the United States and Denmark conducted the analysis, which was recentl…
There is about a 50 percent chance that the planet orbits at a habitable distance from its star.
The astronomers have discovered a new local potential planet, located about 146 years away, which has the size of the Earth and conditions similar to those of March.
Australian astronomers discover potentially habitable planet
Australian astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable planet 150 light years away.The candidate planet, named HD 137010 b, was identified by an international team led by University of Southern Queensland researcher Dr Alexander Venner using data from NASA's Kepler extended K2 mission captured in 2017.The new planet is estimated to be only six per cent larger than Earth, with a surface temperature more similar to Mars, potentially below …
Newly-noticed exoplanet may be the Earthiest yet
Overlooked in the Kepler data and discovered by a citizen scientist, HD 137010 b is one of the most interesteing exoplanets yet observed. Check out A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. — Read the rest The post Newly-noticed exoplanet may be the Earthiest yet appeared first on Boing Boing.
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