一个地球大小的行星在一个凉爽的恒星的可居住区
Elisa V Quintana1, Thomas Barclay, Sean N Raymond
1SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
概括
天文学家发现了开普勒-186f,一个地球大小的系外行星. 这个星球居住在它的恒星中.
科学领域:
- 外系行星科学 外系行星科学
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
- 恒星天体物理学 恒星天体物理学
背景情况:
- 寻找类似地球的系外行星是当前天文学研究的主要目标.
- 之前发现的地球大小的行星一直局限于轨道太接近它们的主星液态水的轨道.
- 开普勒-186系统包含五颗大约地球大小的行星,围绕一颗红矮星运行.
研究的目的:
- 为了报告发现开普勒-186f,一个地球大小的行星.
- 为了确定开普勒-186f 是否位于其恒星的可居住区内.
主要方法:
- 过境光度测量被用来检测行星并确定其大小.
- 分析了恒星辐射强度和光谱,以评估可居住区.
- 从运输数据中推断出轨道特征.
主要成果:
- 开普勒-186f被探测到的半径为1.11±0.14地球半径.
- 它是开普勒-186系统中五颗地球大小的行星中最外围的.
- 开普勒-186f位于其M矮星宿主恒星的恒星可居住区内.
结论:
- 开普勒-186f是第一个被证实在另一颗恒星可居住区内发现的地球大小的行星.
- 这颗行星的位置表明,如果存在类似地球的大气层,可能存在液态水.
- 这一发现推动了对潜在可居住系外行星的搜索.
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