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Massachusetts: The researchers found a space near a planet like the Earth: a water content. Mengorbiti planet with a star 40 light years distance is believed to be the first planet like Earth and the atmosphere. As quoted by the journal Nature, by the end of this December, astronomers named the planet is GJ 1214b.

Planet's size is only about 2.7 times the size of Earth with a mass about 6.5 times the weight of the Earth. Exact weight species, the scientists suspect Planet GJ 1214b contains 3 / 4 water with a solid core of iron and nickel. While the atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. "On this planet, not a single continent that floats on top or up from the water," said David Charbonneau, Chief Researcher Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United Serikat.Data mention also that GJ 1214b hotter than the Earth . As for the atmosphere, ten times thicker than the Earth. Conditions were difficult for any chance to live. Atmospheric pressure of the planet's surface is a huge and very little light through the mist difficult to achieve the planet's oceans. (EPN)



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