Astronomersdiscovernewplanetorbitingtwostars天文学家发现.PDF

Astronomers discover new planet 天文學家發現環繞雙星的新行星 orbiting two stars 泓衍工作室譯 August 10, 2015 2015 年8 月10 日 A team of astronomers including a San Francis- 一個天文學團隊 ，包括美國舊金山州立大學 co State University researcher has discovered a 研究人員在內 ，發現了一個環繞雙星運行的 new planet orbiting a pair of stars, the 10th cir- 新行星 。這是由美國太空總署克卜勒任務所 cumbinary planet discovered by NASAs Kep- 發現的第十個 「雙星系」行星，也是這個六 ler Mission and a milestone for the 6-year-old 歲大的太空飛行器的一個里程碑。 spacecraft. The planet, known as Kepler-453b, is located 此行星稱作「克卜勒-453b 」，位於它的主星 within its host stars habitable zone, the area 的「適居帶」內，也就是恆星周圍生命可能 around the stars in which life could potentially 存在的區域。根據發現團隊成員史帝夫 ‧肯 exist. And the somewhat fortuitous nature of its 恩 （舊金山州立大學物理與天文助理教授） discovery indicate there could be more like it 表示，這個發現有點偶然的本質顯示，類似 than previously believed, according to Stephen 行星系統的數量，可能比先前所相信的還多。 Kane, an assistant professor of physics and as- tronomy at San Francisco State University and member of the team that made the discovery. If we had observed this planet earlier or later 「如果我們早一點或晚一點觀察這個行星， than we did, we would have seen nothing and 我們可能看不到任何東西 ，而假設那裡沒有 assumed there was no planet there, Kane said. 行星，」肯恩說 ：「這意味著有更多這類的 That suggests that there are a lot more of these 行星系統 ，超出我們想像 ，只是我們觀察在 kinds of planets than we are thinking, and were 不對的時間而已。」 just looking at the wrong time. The discovery is detailed in an article accepted 這個發現詳細記述在已被「天文物理期