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Tau Ceti has a planet in "habitable zone." December 19, 2012 11:54 am TB

Article here.

The “wobble” technique works to find planets in solar systems that don’t have their planets’ orbital planes crossing their sun from our viewpoint.

  • Tau Ceti has always been at the top of our list of suspects. by ER 2012-12-19 13:46:13
    • What would the radius need to be... by FrankC 2012-12-19 16:59:46
      • I'm showing my reasoning so you guys can follow along and check my work. by ER 2012-12-19 20:04:59
        • As for your other question... by ER 2012-12-19 20:15:48
          • Planetary radius as a function of mass by ER 2012-12-19 20:27:44
      • Well duh! :-) by mcfly 2012-12-19 14:56:58
        • At 11.4 light years, Tau Ceti is one of our nearest neighbors. by ER 2012-12-19 15:46:54
          • A pinball system by mcfly 2012-12-19 21:52:46
            • Multiple star systems aren't a good place for life. by ER 2012-12-19 22:18:20
              • PS. - Wouldn't this be a great way to teach astronomy to kids... by ER 2012-12-19 23:05:19

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