Jupiter Twin Discovered Around Solar Twin - Have we found 'Solar System 2.0'? (+Video)

Jupiter Twin Discovered Around Solar Twin - Have we found ‘solar system 2.0′? 
Brazilian-led team leading the search for a Solar System 2.0

Discovery 186 light-years away was made by Eso telescope in Chile
It saw a planet with ‘similar mass to Jupiter’ orbiting star HIP 11915
Jupiter’s twin is almost exactly the same distance from HIP 11915
Scientists believe the arrangement of our solar system, so conducive to life, was made possible by the presence of Jupiter

An international group of astronomers has used the ESO 3.6-metre telescope to identify a planet just like Jupiter orbiting at the same distance from a Sun-like star, HIP 11915. According to current theories, the formation of Jupiter-mass planets plays an important role in shaping the architecture of planetary systems. 

The existence of a Jupiter-mass planet in a Jupiter-like orbit around a Sun-like star opens the possibility that the system of planets around this star may be similar to our own Solar System. 

HIP 11915 is about the same age as the Sun and, furthermore, its Sun-like composition suggests that there may also be rocky planets orbiting closer to the star.

ESO – Read more here: 
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1529/

Research paper here: http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1529/eso1529a.pdf

Image credit: ESO - Artist’s Impression of a Jupiter twin orbiting HIP 11915