7 Habitable Planets Orbiting Dwarf Star

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Astronomers discover 7 potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting nearby dwarf star


By AVIANNE TAN
02-22-17




An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets -- or planets outside our solar system -- that could have liquid water on their surfaces, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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[pickinduck]

NASA was to have a live news conference today at 1:00 pm about planets. Was this it?

[sherlew99]

I think so, among other things.

[pickinduck]

TRAPPIST-1 in the constellation Aquarius.

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ELBOW ROOM DANIEL BOONE

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[pickinduck]

AQUARIUS is in a bad sky position now for us to view it

[pickinduck]

How pertinent is it that TRAPPIST-1 is right on the ECLIPTIC?

[pickinduck]

I predict the answer to that question will be that it is pertinent in several ways. Sim Sala Bim!

[sherlew99]

Feb 23, 2017 8:24:00 GMT -6 pickinduck said:

AQUARIUS is in a bad sky position now for us to view it

Yeah, that's what I don't like about this time of year. Too many great observation opportunities slip past due to poor weather conditions.

[sherlew99]

I found an updated article on the new system:

Cosmos



Features  Space   22 March 2017


Trappist-1: Hopes for life dwindle

Climate modelling suggests only one of Trappist-1's seven planets is a candidate for life, while other research suggests microbes might be migrating between several of them. Andrew Masterson reports.



At least three of the planets looked like they were within the star’s “habitable zone” – the region in which water will remain liquid. On that level, at least, the trio seemed like very good candidates for hosting life.

Now, however, 3D climate modelling is dampening expectations, suggesting that at most only one of Trappist-1’s satellites could support life.

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