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Which one is earth like planet in Gliese 581?

Do u know which planet in Gliese 581 is earth like planet- C,D or G???

Gliese 581 (red dwarf star) have 5 planets called Gliese 581 e,g,c,d,f...

which one is earth like planet???

i had seen discovery channel and they said Gliese 581 D is earth like planet but before Gliese 581 c is said to be earth like planet and know images in goggle search shown to be Gliese G(Giza) is earth like planet???

which one is earth like planet in Gliese solar system?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    At first, it was thought to be 581c, but that was discovered to be a little too close. So the attention moved to 581d, which appeared a little too far, but is a possibility if it has a greenhouse effect.

    I don't think there are any serious claims that it's "Earthlike", but only that it's in the zone where it may have liquid water. Its mass is more than 5 times Earth's mass.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's the newest planet discovered in the system, Gliese 581g. However, a few days after they announced the discover of the earth-like planet they announced that it is likely tidally locked. That means that one side of the planet faces the sun at all times, just like our moon with the earth. It also means that it wouldn't really work for humans as a second earth.

  • 1 decade ago

    The star (Gliese 581)

    Mass 0.31M☉; Radius 0.29 R☉; Temperature 3480K; Luminosity 0.013L☉; Metallicity[M/H]= -0.33

    The Gliese 581 system of planets :

    planet Mass (in terms of Earth masses) a [AU] P (orbital period) days e(Eccentricity)

    e 3.1 ≥ m ≥ 1.94 M⊕ . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03. . . . . . 3.14942 ± 0.00045. . 0

    b 30.4 ≥ m ≥ 15.65 M⊕. . . . . . . . . . . 0.04. . . . . . . 5.36874 ± 0.00019. . 0

    c 10.4 ≥ m ≥ 5.36 M⊕. . . . . . . . . . . 0.07. . . . . . 12.9292 ± 0.0047. . . 0.17 ± 0.07

    d 13.8≥ m ≥ 7.09 M⊕. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.22. . . . . . . 66.80 ± 0.14. . . 0.38 ± 0.09

    Comments:

    1. I don't have ready data on 'g'.

    2. With the Star's luminosity at 1/75 th of Sun, to be Earth-like the Star's radiation influx is needed to place the planet at 0.114 AU. So 'd' is the best bet even if it receives 26.86% radiation at that distance, mostly in IR region (N-IR).

    3. A mass of between 7.09 to 13.8 Earth masses (a medial 10 times) is still less than the outer pair of Solar system's gas giants (Herschel & Neptune) that keeps its atmosphere in good shape though a wee bit high pressure. It is to be hoped that there'd be some Oxygen like on Earth (at 1/5th).

    Source(s): My notes
  • Erika
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    the section is certainly an prolonged way far flung from earth. whether we use the quickest man made merchandise, Voyager a million, it extremely is going to take 1000's of years to attain there. even if, we nonetheless have one billion years until now Earth is not habitable, so we nonetheless have distinctive time to strengthen the technologies. until now we evacuate to the Gliese device, we would in all probability colonize and terraform Mars first.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Here, read this. It's from the actual team who first presented the results: http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5733

    Click on the link "PDF" to read the article.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sorry, I've never heard of it.

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