Rock Planet with similar complexion to Earth found just 500 light years away.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/16/new.rocky.planet/index.html
Louis Florio
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In this well written article, A new planet scientists call CoRoT- 7b was found with similar complexion to Earth. This planet is located off the constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. Though said to be similar to Earth, in terms of climate it is very different. On its light side the temperature reaches up to 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit and on its night side temperatures can reach -328 degrees Fahrenheit. Many scientists call this a good example of what humans depict as hell. Hatzes a scientist that has been observing this planet said that it has no atmosphere to redistribute its heat. Also, another interesting fact is that one of our days is equal to an entire year on this planet. CoRoT- 7b is also the first rocky planet ever found in another system and has an orbit around its star seven times faster than earth. The planet was first detected early in 2008 by the CoRoT satellite, a 30centimeter space telescope launched by the European Space Agency in December 2006, specifically with the mission of detecting rocky planets outside the solar system. 42 scientists at 17 institutions worked this project on. This planet also has 5 times Earths mass and in technically in Earths solar neighborhood. Over all I thought this article had a lot of facts and details but did not elaborate on them enough. Even though this was a downfall it was fun to read and the topic is very interesting as well.
I think that this article is very captivating, and really grasps the readers attention. I think that Florio did a good job giving detail as to where it is located, who discovered it, how they discovered it, and why its important. There is a lot of information that not a lot of people ever knew about which would encourage people to look up other sources based on the information in this article. Despite the detail in this article, he could have said the names of the most important scientists that contributed to this project. It could have mentioned if, and when they would travel to this planet, and how would they get their. This was still a great article that has captured my full attention and has taught me a lot about this new plant CoRoT - 7b.
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