Solar System Similar to Ours Discovered
Astronomers discovered a planetary system that looks almost identical to our solar system. This may mean our solar system is not so unique in the universe.
Researchers at Ohio State University who called the planetary system OGLE-2006-BLG-109L claim that the newly discovered system has two planets orbiting a star that is around a half the size of the sun. One of the planets has a two-thirds of the mass of a major planet Jupiter, while the other is 90 percent of the mass of Saturn planet. Both planets are orbiting a star half the way the Saturn and Jupiter orbit the Sun.
Astronomers used the technique called microlensing, based on the principles of Einsteinian gravity. According to their calculations, if in the continuous movement of the stars, two stars become aligned with the Earth, the gravity of the nearest star is shifted, which in its turn contributes to the brightness of the distant star for some period. In case the position is specially ideal, a big planet attending the nearer star will take part, making distant star more prominent.
Scientists manged to discover as much as six stars, including the new ones. During the Scorpius event, they found several planets and this gives a hope for future discoveries.
Dr Scott Gaudi, a leading researcher explained that new planetary system is like a scale model of our solar system and other planets that are "suitable for life" well co-exist unnoticed. The study is published in the journal Science.
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//9 Nov 17, 2008 01:14 PM | posted by:
*#*M!$tery*#* - Maybe there are living beings like Martians!
And, they are in some of the other planets...but we don't know!
....But wait....what's the use of knowing them?...Just a matter of interest?
We can't meet them even if they actually exist! - 0 votes
//8 Oct 11, 2008 06:59 PM | posted by: Unknown - is it true that pluto is a planit or not
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//7 Sep 26, 2008 02:01 PM | posted by: Skyler - I was wondering,If Earth is the third planet near the sun why is this planet not hot like Mercary and Venus?Oh,this is a strange question but why
does Uranus spin on it's side?Forgot to tell you but the Milky Way looks like a whole bunch of junk from the pictures I have seen. - 0 votes
//6 May 30, 2008 04:22 PM | posted by: unknown - the system doesn't really look like our solar system to me. it only has 2 planets. Ours has 8 planets. the star has only half the mass of the sun.
what do you mean that it is "almost identical"? - 0 votes
//5 Apr 26, 2008 09:40 AM | posted by: poker - i don't get it
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//4 Apr 13, 2008 05:04 AM | posted by:
snsuresh [InfoTOT]
- Great but is there any chances for life like our earth?
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//3 Mar 17, 2008 02:41 AM | posted by:
alcotrazz [InfoTOT]
- I don't know what caused the Big Bang if it actually happened (no one can be sure of that), but I think it would be impossible that earth's the only inhabited planet. There's so much space, so many stars and planets and the human race is the only one rational. If there's actually a creator, he made a mistake tomake the humans the only ones in the Universe, if it so. hope you know what I mean. Like that catch phrase from the movies CONTACT with Jodie Foster, where her character's father used to say something like "we cannot be alone, otherwise it would be a waste of so much space"... and I agree!
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//2 Mar 03, 2008 01:55 AM | posted by: Unknown - solar system composed of many planets but most of it is not discovered.media and scientist says that pluto is not the one of the planets because of it some characteristics
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//1 Feb 19, 2008 10:11 AM | posted by: Clark - this in interesting wonder if something lives there
