[meteorite-list] New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant Star

From: Benjamin P. Sun <bpsun2009_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:58:01 -0400
Message-ID: <CAE1PX85gW_MJDVTXO=d6T25vz9vvS_Ej=V5sCzrdnFEF3mDhHA_at_mail.gmail.com>

"Thirty-three light-years away, in the constellation Leo the lion,
astronomers say they have found a world considerably smaller than
Earth, orbiting a dim red-dwarf star.

That's something to think about. While scientists have confirmed the
existence of more than 700 so-called exoplanets since 1995, most of
them have been giant -- many considerably larger than Jupiter. This
new world, say the researchers who found it, may be only 5,200 miles
across, about two thirds as large as Earth..."


http://gma.yahoo.com/planet-found-smaller-earth-orbiting-distant-star-203543868--abc-news-tech.html
Received on Fri 20 Jul 2012 08:58:01 AM PDT