06-26-2013, 10:28 AM
Star is crowded by super-Earths
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News
Scientists have identified three new planets around a star they already suspected of hosting a trio of worlds.
It means this relatively nearby star, Gliese 667C, now has three so-called super-Earths orbiting in its "habitable zone".
This is the region where temperatures ought to allow for the possibility of liquid water, although no-one can say for sure what conditions are really like on these planets.
Gliese 667C is 22 light-years away.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23032467
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/relea...o1328a.pdf
Gliese 667 already has an article which may need a revision, or not, or at least not yet, as this may still be somewhat preliminary.
Ciao,
Terrafamilia
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News
Scientists have identified three new planets around a star they already suspected of hosting a trio of worlds.
It means this relatively nearby star, Gliese 667C, now has three so-called super-Earths orbiting in its "habitable zone".
This is the region where temperatures ought to allow for the possibility of liquid water, although no-one can say for sure what conditions are really like on these planets.
Gliese 667C is 22 light-years away.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23032467
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/relea...o1328a.pdf
Gliese 667 already has an article which may need a revision, or not, or at least not yet, as this may still be somewhat preliminary.
Ciao,
Terrafamilia