Earth-like Planet found – Gliese 581 c

Its not the first one to be found, just last year a very small earth-like planet and super large one was found and talked about, but those are were said to be icy almost inhospitable planets. This news planet, Gliese 581 c seems to be the closest planet to with “Earth-like” conditions scientists have found.

Gliese 581 c is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. It appears to be in the habitable zone of space surrounding the star, where the surface temperatures of any planets present might maintain liquid water. The planet is relatively close, 20.5 light years (120 trillion miles) from Earth in the constellation of Libra. Its star is identified as Gliese 581, by its number in the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.

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About the Naming of the planet

Wilhelm Gliese (June 21 1915 � June 12 1993) was a German astronomer.

He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, first in Berlin and then in Heidelberg. He is best known for his Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars, and some stars are best known by the catalogue number he gave them, such as Gliese 710.
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2 thoughts on “Earth-like Planet found – Gliese 581 c

  1. Very interesting but I’d change the name though but I didn’t find the planet. *shrugs* Ima read up on this, its quite fascinating.

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