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Two habitable planets that could support life discovered – National Herald
Two exoplanets that have been discovered, which are warm similar to Earth and may have water, could be alternatives to support life, according to a study on Tuesday…
The Doppler technique detected at least two signals, which have now been identified as planets Teegarden b and Teegarden c.
Teegarden b has the mass similar to Earth and orbits the star every 4.9 days. The second planet takes 11.4 days to complete the orbit, which is the length of its year.
“In other words, they are much closer to their (parent) star than the Earth is to the Sun,” Ribas said.
“Teegarden, the more internal one, receives 10 per cent more light than we do from the Sun, that’s why we…
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