New Planet
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Planet's local orbit.
Size of the new planet in relation to the Earth.
Artist rendition of what the planet could look like.This is very good news and I was excited to hear about it on NPR this morning as well. Most planets discovered in distant galaxies tend to be gaseous in nature, i.e. Jupiter, Saturn and very few are rock based. This one orbits a star that is much dimmer than our own which allows the close proximity and is believed to have a temperature range between 32 and 102 degrees. If true this is perfect for the formation of water and life. Now we are looking at a planet 20 light years away, a bit of a distance but something achievable in the future. This planet was discovered using the huge telescope down in Chile. You can read more about the discovery at the link below.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=450467&in_page_id=1965
Posted by mardenhill 4/25/2007 11:21:00 AM
Labels: Science
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