Scientists seem to be finding a ot of large inhospitabe planets, but are these the only planets orbiting those stars?
2007-04-25 04:11:02 · 5 answers · asked by Foundryman 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
By visible i should clarify to say able to be detected in some manner that shows we are on a temperate planet with the ability to sustain life
2007-04-25 07:37:21 · update #1
If their technology is only ten years ahead of us then maybe. New spacebased telescopes designed solely to find earthlike planets will be launched within a decade.
2007-04-25 04:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, with our current technology we are unable to discover a planet as small as the earth because the immense glare from the sun and the extremely small wobble our planet cause our star to do when it rotates around the sun.
2007-04-25 11:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by M Series 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The earth is too small and too far away from the sun to be detected.
2007-04-25 11:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet. Ask again in about 10 years.
2007-04-25 11:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may be able to detect us, but we won't be visible.
2007-04-25 13:18:31 · answer #5 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋