It’s probably the reporters assigning these names to these exoplanets, but scientists and reporters should be more careful with the terms they use.
If it’s a rocky world at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, that ain’t “Earthlike”
Exactly.
Some of the large gas giants they’ve found are in the habitable zone which makes me wish we could get an idea about moons they may have around them.
Have you seen the interactive atlas planetquest has now? Its the 3-D new worlds atlas and its pretty cool. It shows where the star is in relation to us and you can zoom in on their planetary systems and get other info.
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_index.cfm