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Looks quite likely. They started collecting data in June 2009 and expected that a year of observations will be necessary to confirm a big number of planets. Wh
by borisk 16y ago
Looks quite likely. They started collecting data in June 2009 and expected that a year of observations will be necessary to confirm a big number of planets.
What are your conclusions? We are not alone? There are places for humankind to expand to?
- robryan 16y agoAs far as I have been able to tell when looking a couple of weeks back the data they are mainly using for ground based confirmations is the stuff from the first few months. There seems to be quiet a big lag time between recording the data and actually getting it out for confirmations which themselves would be taking quiet some time.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoThese are Earth-mass planets, not Earth-orbit (1 year period) planets. They need 3 transits for confirmation, which requires at least 2 years and more likely 3 years of observations. These are "hot Earths" to the previous "hot Jupiters" we had been discovering.