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> they specifically said most of them are not orbiting red dwarfs: The statement, "scientists have found super-Earths orbiting 40 percent of cool dwarfs", spec
by wahern 4y ago
> they specifically said most of them are not orbiting red dwarfs:
The statement, "scientists have found super-Earths orbiting 40 percent of cool dwarfs", specifically links to an article discussing red dwarfs: http://www.inaf.it/en/inaf-news/billions-of-rocky-planets-in-the-habitable-zones-around-red-dwarfs http://www.inaf.it/en/inaf-news/billions-of-rocky-planets-in... That article quotes the author of an ESO HARPS planetary survey paper: “[o]ur new observations with HARPS mean that about 40% of all red dwarf stars have a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone where liquid water can exist on the surface of the planet".
Cool dwarfs seems to be a direct reference to red dwarfs.