Earth-like Planet Found

April 24, 2007 – 8:03 pm

The European Southern Observatory has just discovered a planet that resebles Earth more closesly than any ever found before. Here are the basic details:

  • The planet has a diameter of 1.5 that of Earth’s
  • The planet has a mass 5 times that of Earth’s
  • The planet orbits a Red Dwarf (These produce less heat than our Sun)
  • The mean temperature is suggested to be between 0* and 40* C (That means it supports water)
  • The planet is 120 trillion miles away

    • This seems to be the third planet of this type to be found by astronomers, but this one more resembles Earth than the others in size. For the excruciating details you can visit one (or more) of the following sites:

    >CBC, The Independent<

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