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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

First rocky planet found outside solar system

(CNN) -- Scientists have discovered the first confirmed Earthlike planet outside our solar system, they announced Wednesday.

Story Headlines:

  • The planet, known as CoRoT-7b, was detected early last year

  • It took months to determine that it had a composition roughly similar to Earth's

  • The planet is about five times more massive than Earth

  • Astronomer: It is so close to the star it orbits that it may "look like Dante's Inferno"

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4 comments:

  1. Hannah R.September 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM

    SO.......COULD WE LIVE ON THIS THINGY?

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  2. Mr. ScangaSeptember 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    Don't think so...scientists think it's over 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and minus -328 degrees Fahrenheit at night.

    You would have to have quite the air conditioning/heater available to live there.

    Thanks for commenting Hannah!

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  3. Megan GSeptember 23, 2009 at 6:04 PM

    wasnt this thing on the news?

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  4. Hannah R.September 23, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    THAT IS REALLY FUNNY. CAN WE BUY ONE OF THOSE ULTIMATE AIR CONDITIONING/HEATER THINGS? I WOULDN'T LIKE TO WALK OUTSIDE AND FREEZE. OR COMPLETLY MELT TO DEATH EITHER. HAHA!:)

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