Have you heard about the new Earth?

Question

I'll give the best answer to whoever gives me the most facts.

Answer 1

Leave it to the news media to over hype something like this. The *only* thing about Gliese 581c that's Earth like is its temperature range (..32 to 102 Fahrenheit..). That puts it in the so-called Goldilocks zone...not too hot for life, not too cold.

More stuff --
(1) The star Gliese 581 is one of the oldest stars in our galaxy;

(2) The star has a total of three planets orbiting about it (..Gliese 581c is the one everyone's so excited about..Gliese 581b and Gliese 581d, both immense gas giant worlds)

(3) Gliese 581c is about 12,000 miles in diameter

(4) has about twice the surface gravity as Earth

(5) is about 6-million miles from its parent star

(6) one year on Gliese 581c would be just 13 Earth days long

Answer 2

You may be thinking about the new planet discovered orbiting that star Gliese 581. It is not really Earth like, but it is closer to Earth like than any other planet yet found outside our solar system. The main thing about the new planet is its temperature. It is not too hot and not too cold, unlike most known planets which are either too hot or too cold for life. But nobody knows if there really is life there, only that the temperature is about right for life.

Answer 3

There's only one Earth.
The new planet, Gliese 581 c is not Earth. It is Gliese 581 c.
Earth is Earth, not Gliese 581 c.

We don't know much about the planet. It's PROBABLY NOT habitable, or Earth like. It's just a slight possibility.

Cheers ^_^

Answer 4

Yes, Gilese 581 C

Very Exciting!

Answer 5

The new earth has twice the gravity and 5 times the mass of earth and the temperature is similar. That's all we know. It could be a gas giant, it might have no atmosphere or it might be a sea of sulfuric acid. I wouldn't call it a new earth by any means

Answer 6

u r smart! i bet!