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True, a year on this planet lasts just two Earth days, but NASA's Jack Lissauer says the planet feels quite a bit like home.
NPR: Astronomers Find Planet with Similarities to Earth
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Lissauer says the wobble is influenced by a small nearby object.
NPR: Astronomers Find Planet with Similarities to Earth
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Mr. LISSAUER: We believe this discovery of this small planet is a rock-solid discovery, even though the planet itself may or may not be solid rock.
NPR: Astronomers Find Planet with Similarities to Earth
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According to Dr Lissauer, about 50 of the 1, 200 or so candidate planets (if planets they be) are orbiting in the habitable zones of their parental stars.
ECONOMIST: The search for other Earths is hotting up
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Mr. JACK LISSAUER (NASA): This is likely to be or plausibly the first rocky planet around a normal star other than the sun, and in that sense it's a class of planets like Earth.
NPR: Astronomers Find Planet with Similarities to Earth
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Jack Lissauer, of NASA's Ames Research Centre, in California, and his team, have not only confirmed the existence of the six planets, they have worked out their orbital periods, diameters and, in all but one case, their masses.
ECONOMIST: The search for other Earths is hotting up