Kepler发现“可居住带”中的超级地球.docVIP

Kepler发现“可居住带”中的超级地球。Kepler-22b。它围绕主星的轨道周期为290天，行星直径大小为地球2.4倍。另外kepler还发现新的1094颗候选行星，使候选行星总数达到2326颗。随着kepler观测时间的积累，它将发现越来越多小的长轨道周期的行星。我们离发现“第二地球”的目标也越来越近。 Its 600 light years away, twice the size of Earth and has the unassuming name of Kepler-22b. But Nasa says that the planet is the first weve found, apart from our own, that could have liquid water on its surface — in other words, it orbits its star in a habitable zone. Found by the Kepler project using the Spitzer orbiting telescope in conjunction with ground-based observations, Kepler-22b still has many mysteries. We dont know