US EditionScientists Find Earth-sized Exoplanet Candidate in Star's Habitable Zone
HD 137010 b orbits a cooler Sun-like star, has a 50% chance of habitability, and is 6% larger than Earth, discovered via a single transit in Kepler K2 data.
- 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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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 …
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