Astronomers find potentially habitable planet

Techno 12 March, 2018

2018-03-12 14:39

Astronomers find potentially habitable planet
The planetary system K2-155 located in the constellation of Taurus and th removed from the Earth about 200 light-years. There are three SuperCell .

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Space Observatory Kepler has discovered 15 new exoplanets in the vicinity of the Solar system, one of which is within the “zone of life” and probably owns the oceans and the earth’s atmosphere, reports Rus.Media.

“According to our calculations, the planet should have earth’s atmosphere and is similar to the structure of the subsurface, but as yet we have no assurances that that was indeed the case. Yet we know almost nothing about planets orbiting red dwarfs, because their number is much lower than the total number of planets, opened for stars similar to the Sun,” said Hirano Teruyuki from the Technological Institute of Tokyo.

The discovery was made using orbital telescope Kepler. In General, Japanese planetary scientists were able to find 15 new planets, similar in size to enlarged copies of the Earth. They all rotate around their stars at a very short distance, and the year on their surface lasts from one to 40 days. Almost all of them, as the researchers note, are unlikely to support life temperature and climato they are more likely to resemble Venus, not Earth.

The only exception is the system K2-155, located in the constellation Taurus and is removed from the Earth about 200 light-years. It is home to three “supershell”, the farthest of which, K2-155d, centrally located in “zone of life” and, according to the planetary scientists that are similar in climate and hydrological conditions on the Ground.

Check all these discoveries, according to Hirano, it will be possible in the near future, at the end of this year, when NASA will launch into orbit a telescope TESS, heir to the “Kepler”. He will be able to get the first accurate data on the composition and temperature of these planets and see K2-155d full “big sister” of the Earth or not.