Two New Earth-Like Planets Near Teegarden's Star: Their View of Earth and Sun
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest neighboring stars. “Teegarden’s star” is only about 12.5 light years away from Earth and is one of the smallest known stars. It is only about 2,700 °C warm and about ten times lighter than the Sun. Although it is so close to us, the star wasn’t discovered until 2003. The scientists observed the star for about three years. The results were published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Teegarden’s Star and its two planets, our Solar System in the background.
Credit: University of Göttingen, Institute for Astrophysics
The astronomers suspect that the two planets could be part of a larger system. “Many stars are apparently surrounded by systems with several planets,” explains co-author Professor Stefan Dreizler of the University of Göttingen. Teegarden’s star is the smallest star where researchers have so far been able to measure the weight of a planet directly. “This is a great success for the Carmenes project, which was specifically designed to search for planets around the lightest stars,” says Professor Ansgar Reiners of the University of Göttingen, one of the scientific directors of the project.
The two planets are located within the habitable zone around Teegarden’s Star.
“An inhabitant of the new planets would therefore have the opportunity to view the Earth using the transit method,” says Reiners. The new planets are the tenth and eleventh discovered by the team.
Figure showing transits of solar system objects as seen from Teegarden’s Star.
Credit: University of Göttingen, Institute for Astrophysics
Further information can be found at https://carmenes.caha.es.
Contacts and sources:
Melissa SollichDr Mathias Zechmeister
Institute for Astrophysics:
Citation: Mathias Zechmeister et al. The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs – Two temperate Earth-mass planet candidates around Teegarden’s Star. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2019. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935460
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