Three times the mass of the Earth and they call it habitable?
Note: “Really close” = 120,000,000,000,000 miles. Or about one mile away for every dollar of shortfall in the federal budget going out 50 years.
The planet is tidally locked to the star, meaning that one side is always facing the star and basking in perpetual daylight, while the side facing away from the star is in perpetual darkness. One effect of this is to stabilize the planet’s surface climates, according to Vogt. The most habitable zone on the planet’s surface would be the line between shadow and light (known as the “terminator”), with surface temperatures decreasing toward the dark side and increasing toward the light side.
“Any emerging life forms would have a wide range of stable climates to choose from and to evolve around, depending on their longitude,” Vogt said.
The researchers estimate that the average surface temperature of the planet is between -24 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-31 to -12 degrees Celsius). Actual temperatures would range from blazing hot on the side facing the star to freezing cold on the dark side.”
Hmmm...
Is it Koosbane? Are there Merdilidops there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRhg-_HwOBc&feature=related
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I thought this planet Gleise was in the new Months or years ago.... This reeks of recycled news.
Can we send Algore?
Good-Now, can we send all the leftards a one-way ticket?
Obama needs to go check it out..... and never come back.
There is Life on Newly Discovered Planet, First Truly Habitable Exoplanet, But Only on Saturday Night
I would want to know how long the planet has actually been in the goldilocks zone (ie planet formation and star stability). Wikipedia says the star is 7-11 billion years old.
We beamed a message to this star using a radio telescope. I am not too sure that I am comfortable with doing that. A focussed radio signal is much easier to pick up.
They finally found Kolob