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Earth-like planet found?
Adam
post Apr 24 2007, 08:33 PM
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While browsing the webb I've been hearing some rumors about a recent discovery about an earth-like exoplanet. When checking wikipedia I found this article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581) that states that "a planet about 1.5x the size of the Earth discovered in 2007. The latter is notable as it is the first exoplanet discovered which lies within the habitable zone of the star."
I thought this would be all over the news by now, but I have found nothing. The wikipedia article seems a bit unreliable too. I have no idea if this is true or just some kind of hoax. Is there someone here who knows whats going on?
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- Adam   Earth-like planet found?   Apr 24 2007, 08:33 PM
- - stevesliva   A little use of Google News and here we go: http:/...   Apr 24 2007, 08:49 PM
- - Adam   Oh, so it was true. Found nothing on BBC or on any...   Apr 24 2007, 08:57 PM
- - stevesliva   Well, you have to search for it... so it's goo...   Apr 24 2007, 09:00 PM
- - helvick   I'm pretty sure this refers to OGLE 2005-BLG-3...   Apr 24 2007, 09:07 PM
- - nprev   I don't know, Helvick. The news article, if it...   Apr 24 2007, 09:44 PM
- - RedSky   This is the feature story today on Space.com... h...   Apr 24 2007, 09:59 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   It's now being reported on Space.com and FoxNe...   Apr 24 2007, 09:59 PM
- - Juramike   Gee, only 20.5 light years away....maybe we should...   Apr 24 2007, 10:00 PM
- - helvick   You're right - I was caught in a cross post th...   Apr 24 2007, 10:03 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   One of the internet news services had "It...   Apr 24 2007, 10:13 PM
- - helvick   I'd fair kill for a link to real data on this ...   Apr 24 2007, 10:35 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Does MSNBC count as a real link? http://www.msnbc...   Apr 24 2007, 11:21 PM
- - Bart   Here's a link to the basic data on the Extraso...   Apr 24 2007, 11:24 PM
- - nprev   Thanks, Bart! Interesting that the metallicit...   Apr 24 2007, 11:39 PM
- - Bart   This paper published just two weeks ago would seem...   Apr 24 2007, 11:41 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Bart @ Apr 24 2007, 01:41 PM) This...   Apr 25 2007, 01:20 AM
||- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Apr 24 2007, 03:20...   Apr 27 2007, 06:58 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Bart @ Apr 24 2007, 04:41 PM) This...   Apr 25 2007, 05:10 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (Bart @ Apr 25 2007, 02:41 AM) This...   Apr 26 2007, 10:02 AM
|- - ustrax   I'm really proud to see the "old" Ob...   Apr 26 2007, 03:16 PM
- - nprev   Curiouser and curiouser...I suppose we need to bui...   Apr 24 2007, 11:59 PM
- - RedSky   I recall that there may be other "problems...   Apr 25 2007, 12:11 AM
|- - Bart   QUOTE (RedSky @ Apr 24 2007, 05:11 PM) I ...   Apr 25 2007, 12:37 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (RedSky @ Apr 24 2007, 05:11 PM) I ...   Apr 25 2007, 01:17 AM
- - ollopa   ESO 22/07 – Science Release Under Embargo till 25 ...   Apr 25 2007, 12:16 AM
- - ollopa   ESO PR Photo 22d/07 Velocity Variations of Gliese...   Apr 25 2007, 12:19 AM
- - ollopa   Artist's impressions of the planetary system a...   Apr 25 2007, 12:21 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I'm watching the news wires and this story has...   Apr 25 2007, 12:22 AM
- - ollopa   ESO 22/07 Under Embargo till 25 April 2007 01:00 A...   Apr 25 2007, 12:24 AM
- - Mongo   The Systemic internet group appears to have come t...   Apr 25 2007, 01:05 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   As soon as we build a space based system for clear...   Apr 25 2007, 03:30 AM
- - ngunn   I just tried to print that Udry et.al. preprint. I...   Apr 25 2007, 07:25 AM
- - GravityWaves   Fantastic news ! I hope NASA will now star...   Apr 25 2007, 08:04 AM
- - helvick   Mongo: QUOTE The Systemic internet group appears t...   Apr 25 2007, 08:06 AM
- - edstrick   Super-Earths (Jumbo Earths?) may well be the best ...   Apr 25 2007, 09:32 AM
- - belleraphon1   All..... The research paper is here http://exop...   Apr 25 2007, 11:33 AM
- - Stu   Classic quote from Natasha Kaplinsky, news presen...   Apr 25 2007, 05:15 PM
- - tuvas   Jason and I have been discussing the weather patte...   Apr 25 2007, 06:25 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (tuvas @ Apr 25 2007, 02:25 PM) 3) ...   Apr 25 2007, 09:16 PM
||- - tuvas   QUOTE (Juramike @ Apr 25 2007, 02:16 PM) ...   Apr 26 2007, 03:20 PM
|- - JRehling   It seems like another possibility is a dense atmos...   Apr 26 2007, 02:47 AM
|- - tty   QUOTE (tuvas @ Apr 25 2007, 08:25 PM) 1) ...   Apr 26 2007, 07:51 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Hmm. Why would there be polar caps? Assuming no ...   Apr 25 2007, 07:07 PM
- - ngunn   It pains me to say it, but there was a remarkably ...   Apr 25 2007, 08:38 PM
- - ngunn   It could be extremely windy with giant storm waves...   Apr 26 2007, 08:29 AM
- - edstrick   Note that while the planet is almost certainly tid...   Apr 26 2007, 09:35 AM
- - Greg Hullender   If it is tidally-locked, I'd expect it to be a...   Apr 26 2007, 04:37 PM
- - tuvas   I don't think it would be half-snowball Earth....   Apr 26 2007, 08:14 PM
- - Juramike   Would the world be super-flexy like Io and have la...   Apr 26 2007, 08:56 PM
- - Juramike   So when we finally get a "magic pixel" (...   Apr 26 2007, 09:00 PM
- - Juramike   Can a world be tidally locked to it's primary ...   Apr 26 2007, 09:03 PM
- - ngunn   We don't know the true mass - only a minimum v...   Apr 26 2007, 09:11 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (ngunn @ Apr 26 2007, 10:11 PM) We ...   Apr 27 2007, 07:49 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 27 2007, 12:49 AM) I...   Apr 27 2007, 08:11 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 27 2007, 08:49 AM) R...   Apr 27 2007, 10:56 AM
- - gpurcell   It's pretty darn cool that a likely target is ...   Apr 26 2007, 09:33 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Mike: Without trying to work it out exactly, I thi...   Apr 26 2007, 09:35 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Apr 26 2007, 11:3...   Apr 27 2007, 08:08 PM
- - ngunn   It's wonderful, but only the first of many hun...   Apr 26 2007, 09:38 PM
- - belleraphon1   This is SO wonderful!!!!! I ca...   Apr 26 2007, 10:07 PM
- - Mongo   Detailed models of super-Earths: How well can we i...   Apr 27 2007, 01:10 AM
- - nprev   Thank you, Mongo. What a gripping thought: hug...   Apr 27 2007, 01:25 AM
- - Superstring   Thanks for that link. In attempt to connect dots.....   Apr 27 2007, 03:18 AM
- - ugordan   I still don't get it where that probability sk...   Apr 27 2007, 08:27 AM
- - ugordan   I don't know about that value ngunn, but the p...   Apr 27 2007, 11:06 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 27 2007, 12:06 PM) I...   Apr 27 2007, 11:30 AM
- - ugordan   Ahhh, messed up my naming, the figures I refer to ...   Apr 27 2007, 11:41 AM
- - ngunn   I think the link is going to 'preprint' ve...   Apr 27 2007, 11:54 AM
- - ugordan   True, but since error bars are pretty substantial ...   Apr 27 2007, 12:07 PM
- - ngunn   Of course all these details could change when we f...   Apr 27 2007, 12:17 PM
- - Juramike   Tidal heating would be a good thing. Tectonic act...   Apr 27 2007, 02:00 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (Juramike @ Apr 27 2007, 05:00 PM) ...   Apr 29 2007, 10:02 AM
- - Juramike   What would be a good calculated magnetic field str...   Apr 27 2007, 02:04 PM
- - Mongo   The Systemic Group website has an animated weather...   Apr 27 2007, 02:32 PM
- - nprev   Interesting speculation by all. One cautionary no...   Apr 27 2007, 02:38 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 27 2007, 09:38 AM) Int...   Apr 27 2007, 03:18 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Marz @ Apr 27 2007, 11:18 AM) 1. I...   Apr 27 2007, 04:18 PM
- - Marz   Thanks for the link, Alex! I just read the 3 ...   Apr 27 2007, 07:40 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Marz @ Apr 27 2007, 03:40 PM) tida...   Apr 30 2007, 02:29 PM
- - Greg Hullender   tty: True, but if one assumes there is no signific...   Apr 28 2007, 03:49 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Apr 28 2007, 04:4...   Apr 28 2007, 08:27 PM
- - PhilCo126   Also: http://exoplanets.org/index_gl.html   Apr 28 2007, 06:30 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Hey, most people don't argue with tautologies....   Apr 29 2007, 03:33 AM
- - Stu   Just out of interest, if you went there and looked...   Apr 29 2007, 04:29 PM
- - Jyril   Well, 20 ly is not a long distance compared to mos...   Apr 29 2007, 05:10 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Stu: This is a place where you may have to travel ...   Apr 29 2007, 05:40 PM
- - Stu   You're right Greg, and Jyril, I just thought i...   Apr 29 2007, 06:32 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 29 2007, 11:32 AM) You...   Apr 29 2007, 10:05 PM
- - ollopa   Re naming this planet, I propose Giordano - after...   Apr 30 2007, 12:30 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Nice poem, Stu, although technically speaking, it...   Apr 30 2007, 03:31 AM
- - dvandorn   I propose that this new planet be named after the ...   Apr 30 2007, 03:39 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Thinking about looking at Earth from another star ...   Apr 30 2007, 03:49 AM
- - ngunn   Thick atmosphere, global ocean, magnetic field, ti...   Apr 30 2007, 02:56 PM
- - Juramike   How 'bout we just refer to it as a larger, gre...   Apr 30 2007, 05:17 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Juramike @ Apr 30 2007, 06:17 PM) ...   Apr 30 2007, 05:45 PM
- - Juramike   Photodissociation of methane in the stratosphere b...   Apr 30 2007, 06:16 PM
|- - ustrax   Naming? That's my department... I would go f...   Apr 30 2007, 07:28 PM
- - Stu   Wow, ustrax, there you are! I thought you...   Apr 30 2007, 07:36 PM
- - helvick   I strongly suspect that any part of Jinx\Doug...   Apr 30 2007, 08:26 PM
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