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Title: Unknown Facts About Exoplanets
Post by: alfa015 on 27/09/2019 17:18:21

Hi!

If you are interested in exoplanets, you might want to know these little known facts about exoplanets.

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1. In our stellar neighborhood there might be around 130 potentially (p.) habitable exoplanets, 10 of them being Earth-like.

2. The closest p. Earth-like planet is called Tau Ceti e, and it is located only 12 light years away from us.[/li]

3. So far, we have sent a targeted radio message to 2 p. habitable exoplanets, Tau Ceti e and Luyten b. Any reply would be received as of 2037 and 2041, respectively.

4. Amateur astronomers have discovered 2 p. habitable exoplanets: LHS-1140 b and K2-288 B b.

5. It is possible to detect exoplanets by using a tele-photo lens with an aperture of less than 50 mm.

Hope you learnt something knew!