Thursday, October 18, 2012

The new planet detected near and "twin" with earth

A new twin of Earth is discovered outside our solar system, within the Alpha Centauri. And even there is something that connects with us. Just as the Earth revolves around a star very
similar to our sun. Picasa is made by Harps instrument of ESO and the uniqueness of the discovery lies in the fact that the planet has a mass of ngjhashme that the Earth revolves around the star Alpha Centauri B, while the system "Alpha Centauri" is closer to us as found at a distance 4.3 light years.
This can be summarized as the discovery of the records, because, besides being similar plans to move his tone is the easiest ever discovered around a star similar to the Sun. "Our observations Harps instrument zhvuillohen a period of more than 4 years and gave us a small but real signal from a planet that revolves around Alpha Centauri B every 3.2 days - has explained Xavier Dumusque, one of the authors of the discovery -. It is a remarkable discovery that has led to our technique limit! "

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