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Astronomers have discovered nearly 5,200 extra planets; less than 200 of them are rocky, and so finding a brand new extra planet that has a terrestrial origin is thrilling.
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In a recent study, a group comprising 50 astronomers across the globe confirmed the existence of the exoplanet Wolf 1069 b.
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The exoplanet revolves around a red dwarf star, Wolf 1069, just 31 light-years away from Earth.
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What makes this find particularly interesting is the fact that Wolf 1069 b could be a rock-like world at around 1.26 that in the same area as Earth as well as 1.08 the size of Earth.
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Wolf 1069 b also lies within the habitable zone of its star, which makes it an ideal possibility for water liquid to be present in its surroundings.
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"When we analyzed the data of the star Wolf 1069, we discovered a clear, low-amplitude signal of what appears to be a planet of roughly Earth mass," Diana Kossakowski, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany and lead author on the new research, said in a statement.
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"It orbits the star within 15.6 days at a distance equivalent to one-15th of the separation between the Earth and the sun."
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To give a context for context, the planet Mercury is the closest star to the sun and has an orbital duration of approximately 88 days.
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This is why the temperature of its surface can reach at least 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
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In contrast to Mercury, Wolf 1069 b is located within its habitable star zone despite its significantly smaller orbital duration, which is 15.6 days.