{"id":37074,"date":"2018-11-17T15:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T09:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=37074"},"modified":"2018-11-17T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T09:38:21","slug":"super-earth-found-orbiting-suns-nearest-single-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/super-earth-found-orbiting-suns-nearest-single-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-Earth\u2019 found orbiting Sun\u2019s nearest single star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Super-Earth\u2019 found orbiting Sun\u2019s nearest single star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

News:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Astronomers have discovered a frozen planet with a mass over three times that of the Earth, orbiting the closest solitary star to the Sun.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important Facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard’s star b, is a ‘super-Earth’<\/strong> and orbits around its host star once every 233 days, said researchers from Queen Mary University of London in the UK.<\/li>\n
    2. The findings, published in the journal Nature, show the planet lies at a distant region from the star known as the ‘snow line’.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. This is well beyond the habitable zone in which liquid water, and possibly life, could exist, researchers said.<\/li>\n
    4. About Barnard’s Star : <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n