Nearby Exoplanets |
Nearby Exoplanets |
Nov 15 2017, 04:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
There have been a few topics in recent years pertaining to exoplanets found circling nearby red dwarfs, particularly Proxima Centauri and Trappist-1. There's a new one to report, and I thought I'd give the topic a more general scope rather than specific to this one.
The star in question is Ross 128, and the planet's solar flux is between that of Earth and Venus. There's a good chance that this is potentially the most "habitable" exoplanet yet found, and is happily quite close (13th closest system), so that telescopes will be able to separate the light of the planet from that of the star. This is a circumstance that only a few nearby stars will permit in the foreseeable future, so Ross 128 is likely to figure large in our exoplanet studies over the next century. https://www.eso.org/public/archives/release...36/eso1736a.pdf |
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Aug 19 2021, 05:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
The idea of living in a solar system with titanic high-energy flares screaming (metaphorically) overhead is nonetheless scary, even if they miss the planet ... usually.
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Aug 19 2021, 08:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 24-July 15 Member No.: 7619 |
The idea of living in a solar system with titanic high-energy flares screaming (metaphorically) overhead is nonetheless scary, even if they miss the planet ... usually. Well, it makes the sample return to Earth a bit easier if we can figure out how to make a "plasma magnet drive." |
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