How Close is the Nearest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet?

[alberto91]

Hi!

If you are interested in exoplanets, you might want to know these little known facts about exoplanets.

Source:

1. In our stellar neighborhood there might be around 130 potentially (p.) habitable exoplanets, 10 of them being Earth-like.
2. The closest p. Earth-like planet is called Tau Ceti e, and it is located only 12 light years away from us.
3. So far, we have sent a targeted radio message to 2 p. habitable exoplanets, Tau Ceti e and Luyten b. Any reply would be received as of 2037 and 2041, respectively.
4. Amateur astronomers have discovered 2 p. habitable exoplanets: LHS-1140 b and K2-288 B b.
5. It is possible to detect exoplanets by using a tele-photo lens with an aperture of less than 50 mm.

Hope you learned something knew!

 

[nuuskur]

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