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Offline aero

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Goldilocks Planet found 20 ly distant.
« on: 09/30/2010 02:49 am »
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...astronomers say they have found a planet orbiting a star a mere 20 light-years away that has the right conditions for life to exist.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130215192

Does anyone have any details other than news reporter's interpretations? I found several of those.
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Re: Goldilocks Planet found 20 ly distant.
« Reply #1 on: 09/30/2010 04:22 am »
Phil Plait has a nice writeup http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/29/possible-earthlike-planet-found-in-the-goldilocks-zone-of-a-nearby-star

There are some debate about how habitable planets around red dwarfs can be, because of tidal locking and variability.

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Re: Goldilocks Planet found 20 ly distant.
« Reply #2 on: 09/30/2010 08:28 pm »
Does anyone have any details other than news reporter's interpretations? I found several of those.
You can have the whole report.

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1009/1009.5733v1.pdf

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