Open AccessScientists Find "Close Cousin" of Earth
Author(s) -
Randy Showstack
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo033235
Subject(s) - cousin , planet , kepler , star (game theory) , astrobiology , spitzer space telescope , astronomy , physics , earth (classical element) , astrophysics , telescope , geography , archaeology
The Kepler space telescope spots a planet in a solar system 1400 light years away that closely resembles Earth in its size, distance from its star, and the type of star it orbits.