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We will be discussing Toi 700 D more in-depth today to see what we can find out about the possibility of it being habitable. The question is, can we live on Toi 700 D. Let’s find out. TOI 700 D The first Super-Earth discovery ever made by TESS, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was of … Read more
Whether Teegarden’s Star B is habitable will be the topic of exploration today. With the decline in our atmosphere, finding one or more other worlds that can support life as it does on Earth becomes imperative to see if there is any possibility that Teegarden B supports life. In a previous article, we discussed the … Read more
Besides Earth, what are the most habitable planets? Well, in the last article, we discussed that as of April 2022, NASA believed Kepler-452B to be the most likely candidate to be habitable to life. We will cover some of the other planets in contention for this as well. Earth Similarity Index The ESI is a … Read more
As we discussed previously, we are going to start exploring planets besides Earth that are possibly habitable. In previous posts, we have described an Exoplanet and the different categories that help to define them. We will look closely at what criteria determine if a planet is habitable. Requirement #1 – The Presence of Liquid Water … Read more
There are four different types of Exoplanets. They are categorized into Gas Giants, Super Earths, Neptunian, and Terrestrial planets. As you can probably intuit from the category names, the classifications have a lot to do with their size and or composition. But we will get into each category below. Gas Giants These Exoplanets are called … Read more
What are Extrasolar Planets? You will find the answer to that question below. We have previously explored and discussed our solar system, the planets, and dwarf planets. We will now get into Extrasolar Planets or Exoplanets for short. Extrasolar Planets Explained An Extrasolar Planet is a planet located outside our solar system. These planets typically … Read more
Why is Eris a dwarf planet? Eris was originally thought to be the tenth planet in the Milky Way solar system. It is the largest know dwarf planet in existence. Astronomers made the discovery in 2005 at the Palomar Observatory, in California. This discovery was subsequently made through telescopic images from 2003. It has a … Read more
Haumea is another dwarf planet that was discovered to be orbiting beyond Pluto in 2003. It was discovered by a group of American astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Haumea is an unusual dwarf planet with a rapid rotational period that spans approximately 3.92 hours and an orbital period of 285.46 years. It has a … Read more
There is little known about this dwarf planet. Makemake was discovered in 2005 by astronomers M.E. Brown, D.L. Rabinowitz, and C.A. Trujilla at the Palomar Observatory. At the size of 900 miles in diameter, gravity has helped to make it round in shape. Makemake approximately 306 Earth years to travel around the Sun. It is … Read more
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union dubbed Ceres as another dwarf planet in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is also the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt and the first one ever discovered. In 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres while working at the Palmer Observatory. Ceres has a radius of 304 miles, and it … Read more