This planet orbiting a red dwarf star
The newly discovered planet Wolf 1069b orbits a red dwarf star. This planet located in the Cygnus constellation is about 31 light-years away from Earth. Scientists hope that the atmosphere of this planet is suitable for humans to live. Those chemicals are being discovered on this planet, which can give the signal of life more clearly. “When we analyzed data from the star Wolf 1069, we discovered a clear, visible signal from what appears to be a roughly Earth mass planet,” said Diana Kosakowski, lead author of the study on Wolf 1069 b.
one-sixth of the earth’s mass
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He said that the planet orbits its star every 15.6 days at a distance one-fifteenth of the distance between Earth and the Sun. The planet is the sixth closest planet of Earth’s mass to a star in its habitable zone. The existence of Wolf 1069 b was confirmed by a team of 50 astronomers. It was discovered during the Carmens Survey using a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. The Carmens survey is a project that aims to scan 300 dwarf stars to look for Earth-like planets.
Discovery of 20 Earth-like exoplanets
About 20 exoplanets have been discovered in this survey, some of which are believed to be the most habitable planets discovered by scientists. About 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered since the 1990s, of which only a dozen are known to be habitable. The astronomers’ study was published late last year in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysical Journal.
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