The Transition Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet located in the “habitable zone” of the orbiting constellation Delphinus (Dorado), NASA said.
According to the statement, this exoplanet dubbed “TOI 700 e” is at a distance from its orbiting star that would allow water to exist on the planet’s surface.
“This is one of the few systems we know of with multiple, small, habitable planets,” NASA researcher Emily Gilbert said in a statement. she used the phrase.
Emphasizing that this discovery is an exciting advance to follow the TOI 700 system more closely, Gilbert said that the recently discovered exoplanet “TOI 700 e” is about 10% smaller than the earlier discovery “TOI 700 d” and increasingly small with comments tess. He pointed out that he also helped find worlds.
Experts had previously detected three exoplanets named “TOI 700 b, ced” in the system named “TOI 700”.
The new TESS findings were shared with researchers at the 241st annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held in Seattle, Washington, USA.
THE OUTER PLANET HUNTER TESS
The TESS satellite, which contains 4 large photographic equipment, each of which observes a quarter of the space in the direction it is looking, for 27 days without interruption, is trying to detect exoplanets in a position called “transition”.
“Transition” describes the moment when an exoplanet passes in front of an orbiting star.
By observing the dimming brightness of the star reflected in the cameras at this time, scientists can determine the mass, density and atmospheric composition of the planets in question by measuring the emission and absorption of light.
