Discovered a celestial body "Kepler 452b" of the same size as Earth where human beings can live near sunny stars



It was launched in 2009Kepler probeNASA announced that he discovered the earth and the "star of the cousin" during exploration outside the solar system. This star is named "Kepler 452b", it is circling around a star similar to the sun and has an environment where life can survive.

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth | NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth

NASA's Kepler spacecraft finds Earth's cousin | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/23/9023575/nasa-kepler-planet-discovery-habitable-earth-452b

The following image is a conceptual picture comparing Earth (left) by NASA and Kepler 452b (right). The diameter of the Kepler 452b is 1.6 times that of the Earth, and it stores liquid water on the surface, it is turning around a star like the sun, and the temperature on the ground is almost the same as the earth. It is thought that Kepler 452b was born about 6 billion years ago, estimated from the size and brightness of stars.


Kepler 452b is located near the Statue, which is 1,400 light-years away from the Earth, and the distance between the fixed stars and the Kepler 452b is 1.05 AU which is approximately equal to the distance between the Earth and the SunAstronomical unit), It will be calculated around 385 days around the fixed star. John Grundsfeld of NASA Washington headquarters said that Kepler 452b is the most similar to the Earth in the celestial bodies discovered by exploration of the solar system by the Kepler probe, discovering Kepler 452b , We are one step closer to the discovery of the "second earth".


The Kepler spacecraft has found 4696 total celestial bodies that are candidates for the "second earth" that is the same size as the earth and can survive life, among which Kepler 452b is the most similar to the Earth about. "Kepler 452b is a bit older than the Earth, so Kepler 452b seems to be useful for estimating the environmental changes that the planet will welcome in the future," said Jon Jenkins, data analysis chief at NASA's Ames Research Center Also, Kepler 452b has elements and environments that can survive the living things, possibly possibly the existence of extraterrestrial life forms. "


NASA will continue to investigate the environment of Kepler 452b, the size and brightness of a star, by integrating the observation results of the Kepler probe and the observation results that the University of Texas is doing on the ground.

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