HD 40307 g
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HD 40307 g is an extrasolar planet orbiting the habitable zone of star HD 40307. It is located 42 light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Pictor. The planet was discovered by the radial velocity method, using the European Southern Obervatory's HARPS apparatus.[1][2][3] "The longer orbit of the new planet means that its climate and atmosphere may be just right to support life," according to co-author Hugh Jones, of the University of Hertfordshire in England.[2] The discovery was made by a team of astronomers led by Mikko Tuomi at the University of Hertfordshire and Guillem Anglada-Escude of the University of Goettingen.[3]
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References
- ^ Tuomi, Anglada-Escude, Gerlach, Jones, Reiners, Rivera, Vogt, Butler, Mikko, Guillem, Enrico, Hugh R. R., Ansgar, Eugenio J., Steven S., R. Paul (2012). "Habitable-zone super-Earth candidate in a six-planet system around the K2.5V star HD 40307". arXiv:1211.1617 [astro-ph].
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- ^ a b Tate, Karl (November 7, 2012). "Super-Earth Planet: Potentially Habitable Alien World Explained (Infographic)". Space.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012. Cite error: The named reference "Space-20121107b" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
External links
- "Super-Earth Discovered in Star's Habitable Zone". Exoplanets.
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