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Two planet recently tracked by this astronomer, in spatial calculations, even close to Land. Interestingly, there is a similarity to this planet, so there is a possibility that it could be inhabited.
It is only 16 light-years from Earth and has a mass similar to that of this planet. The location is in the habitat zone of the star named GJ 1002. This means that the planet is not too hot or cold and there is water in liquid form.
“Nature seems to show us that planets like Earth are very common,” said Alejandro Suárez Mascareno of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) who studied it, as quoted by detikINET from Live Science.
Since water in liquid form is essential for life, planets in the habitable zone are at the heart of the search for life elsewhere in the universe, although just being in the habitable zone is not an absolute guarantee that a planet supports the life.
For example, in our Solar System, the planets Venus and Mars are in the Sun’s habitable zone, but neither can currently support life. It is being investigated whether there are living things on Mars, but even if there are, it’s possible they’re just bacteria.
Because GJ 1002 is a relatively cool red dwarf, its habitable zone is much closer to it than Earth is to the sun. The planet GJ 1002b takes only about 10 days to orbit while the outermost planet, GJ 1002c, completes one orbit in 21 days.
The proximity of the two planets to Earth allows them to become interesting research objects for scientists, like their atmospheric conditions.
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