Under the name of TOI 700 e, this planet has quite a few similarities with ours.
One of the things that are best etched in our memory when we are little and we go to school are the lists, among which stands out the one that invites us to meet the planets of the solar system. The Earth inhabits a small space in the universe, moving around a star we call the Sun, in a circumstance that is common in the rest of the cosmos. Now, we have found another planet similar to ours and all thanks to a satellite from NASA.
New worlds, same universe: this is TOI 700 e
Thanks to the information published on the NASA websitewe have known that the TESS satellite has obtained data that has allowed scientists from the space agency to be able to identify a new planet. TOI 700 e is located in the zona habitable from its star, the distance at which liquid water manifests itself on the surface, and, furthermore, it appears to be rocky and with a size by one 95% to our home.
#TOI700ea new planet discovered by @NASA_TESS.
It is similar in size to Earth (95%), probably rocky, and orbits in the habitable zone of the dwarf star TOI 700, which is 100 light years from us ????????https://t.co/TsvB79I3mZ
— Manuel Mazzanti (@manumazzanti) January 11, 2023
Previously, three other planets had already been discovered in the same system, although none like TOI 700 e. Emily Gilbertone of the study authors, has asserted what:
This is one of the few systems with multiple, small, habitable planets that we know of. This makes the TOI 700 system an exciting prospect for further monitoring. Planet e is 10% smaller than Planet d, so we have realized that TESS observations help us find smaller and smaller worlds.
The system to which this planet belongs lies inhabited by an M-type dwarf star and is located at 100 light years of our position. It is essential the work of TESS satellitegiven that it is capable of performing a sweptwhich usually lasts around 27 days, at different regions of the cosmos called sectors. According to scientific data, it seems that TOI 700 e takes 28 days to orbit its star, what we would here call a year. For the moment, TESS will continue to observe the sky and it will be the researchers who have to figure out how to discover new objects through their data.