X-O Planet Ping!................
NASA funding time again.
If viewed from outside our solar system, Venus would be the holy grail of “Earth-like” planets: A rocky planet that is almost exactly the same size and mass as Earth and that orbits a G-type main sequence star within the apparent “Goldilocks zone.”
It is located in the constellation of the Sextant at 50 parsecs
Wow, that’s FAST!
Being that close to their sun, they will all be tidal locked, with one hemisphere always noon, and the other side always midnight.
If these planets are too hot, and they would be on the noon side, the reverse would be too cold.
Just imagine the dynamics of the atmosphere if they have any. Warm air rising on the sun side, cold air falling on the reverse... How would the winds flow? Could humans survive in the periphery of the sun side, where it is always dawn/evening twilight?
-PJ
Manny, Moe, and Jack.
How they “find” and estimate the size of these planets is underwhelming.
Find a star.
Observe light flickers that indirectly indicate something passing between the star and the observer.
Quantify the reduction in light, and translate that to the size of the object.
I know you have to start somewhere, but this isn’t exactly exciting.
I follow this stuff some what closely and I find it absurd that some of these things are reported. It is not just the size, it also has to be in the goldilocks zone and have the right type of sun. Having an orbit time that can be be counted in hours really does matter.
I believe that intelligent life can exist somewhere in the universe but we have yet to find it.
OH, does this mean that they are “just like Earth”? and that we should plan on colonizing them?
Earth “sized” means diddly squat!!
Hopefully, there’s no life on them there planets. Us Americans just can’t afford to go throwing anymore welfare at foreigners.
“ It has a compact system of at least three rocky planets of similar size to the Earth (1.1, 1.0 and 1.1 Earth radii) that orbit the star every 5.2, 7.8 and 10.1 days, respectively. A lot of celebrating? New Years Eve every 5.2, 7.8, and 10.1 days. Too far away to determine lengths of their days.