Post by ET_Explorer on Jul 20, 2016 0:52:47 GMT
NASA's Kepler space telescope has spotted four possibly rocky alien planets orbiting the same star, and two of these newfound worlds might be capable of supporting life.
The four exoplanets circle a red dwarf — a star smaller and dimmer than the sun — called K2-72, which lies 181 light-years from Earth in the Aquarius constellation. Two of the four planets, known as K2-72c and K2-72e, appear to be in the star's "habitable zone" — that just-right range of distances at which liquid water can exist on a world's surface.
Space
K2-72 is a cool red dwarf star located about 227 light-years (70 pc) away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. It is known to host four planets, all smaller then Earth, with two of them residing within the habitable zone.
Wikipedia
K2-72c is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. It is possibly located within the star's habitable zone where conditions are likely to allow the existence of liquid water.
K2-72c completes an orbit in 15.2 days, and it has a radius of only 86% of that of the Earth.
Wikipedia
K2-72e (also known by its EPIC designation EPIC 206209135.04), is a confirmed exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star K2-72, the outermost of four such planets discovered in the system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its "Second Light" mission.
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The four exoplanets circle a red dwarf — a star smaller and dimmer than the sun — called K2-72, which lies 181 light-years from Earth in the Aquarius constellation. Two of the four planets, known as K2-72c and K2-72e, appear to be in the star's "habitable zone" — that just-right range of distances at which liquid water can exist on a world's surface.
Space
K2-72 is a cool red dwarf star located about 227 light-years (70 pc) away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. It is known to host four planets, all smaller then Earth, with two of them residing within the habitable zone.
Wikipedia
K2-72c is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.7 light-years away. It is possibly located within the star's habitable zone where conditions are likely to allow the existence of liquid water.
K2-72c completes an orbit in 15.2 days, and it has a radius of only 86% of that of the Earth.
Wikipedia
K2-72e (also known by its EPIC designation EPIC 206209135.04), is a confirmed exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star K2-72, the outermost of four such planets discovered in the system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its "Second Light" mission.
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