Posted on 02/22/2017 11:21:30 AM PST by C19fan
Planet-hunters are always on the lookout for worlds that look like Earthrocky planets that are not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to flow on the surface. Now scientists have hit the jackpot, discovering seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a single star just 39 light-years away. The star, named TRAPPIST-1, was thought to be home to three exoplanets. But with the help of a variety of observatoriesincluding the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (a.k.a. TRAPPIST, the star's namesake), the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescoperesearchers found four more planets in the system. The planets were discovered as they passed in front of the star, blocking some of its light from Earth's point-of-view.
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Thanks for going to the trouble to answer. We’re on the same page. A lot to overcome.
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Planet Schweeden!
Now why did you need to bring Adam shitff and maxi Watters into this thread!
sorry for insulting the microbes and pigs
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