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Japan's #Subaru Strategic Program has discovered a super-Earth four times the mass of our planet orbiting a red dwarf just 37 lightyears away.
The good news? This #exoplanet, named Ross 508b, might be habitable!
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By: @ashmitagupta_21
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The good news? This #exoplanet, named Ross 508b, might be habitable!
Read: weather.com/en-IN/india/sp…
By: @ashmitagupta_21
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This super-Earth is a rocky world, on which a year is equal to just 11 Earth days.
The short orbit is down to the red dwarfs being a lot smaller than the Sun that centres our solar system. But the smaller sizes also make their gravitational fields less expansive than the Sun's.
The short orbit is down to the red dwarfs being a lot smaller than the Sun that centres our solar system. But the smaller sizes also make their gravitational fields less expansive than the Sun's.
Therefore, Ross 508b revolves around its red dwarf at a distance of just 5 million km. Mercury, in comparison, is about 60 million km from the Sun.
The short distance between this super-Earth & its red dwarf begs the question: how could it possibly be habitable?
The short distance between this super-Earth & its red dwarf begs the question: how could it possibly be habitable?
