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New Extrasolar Planetary System May Be Much Like Our Own
Researchers from the NAI’s University of Arizona Team have published a new study in the current issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters of the potential habitability of the extrasolar planetary system OGLE-2006-BLG-109L. The first multiple-planet system ever to be discovered by gravitational microlensing, it has two large planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn. It’s possible that the system harbors other planets, including Earth-like planets, that are beyond the sensitivity of the microlensing observations.
Their study examines the prospects for an Earth-like habitable planet in this system. They found that two smaller putative Earth-mass planets, perhaps yet undetected, could produce a planetary architecture of a potentially habitable system. With two “terrestrial” planets and two Jovian planets, it could bear very close resemblance to our own solar system.
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www.actionforspace.com said:
Sounds good to me. Now lets get some spectral analysis going on to see what those planets are made of!