Sentences with phrase «less nearby planet»
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«This also allows for searches for transmitters that are many orders of magnitude less powerful than those that would be detectable from a planet orbiting even the most nearby stars.»
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The planets circle a tiny, dim, nearby star in tight orbits all less than 2 weeks long.
To begin with, they orbited close to the plane of the ecliptic in the same direction as the planets, but their orbits were deformed by the galaxy's tidal force and by interactions with nearby stars, gradually becoming more inclined and forming a more or less spherical reservoir,» Morais said.
Other recent discoveries of nearby Earth - sized planets have been around red dwarf stars, including TRAPPIST - 1 and Proxima Centauri, but these create less favorable conditions for life.
TESS is expected to launch in 2017 with its primary mission to monitor the 500,000 brightest and nearby stars for the signs of planets on orbits less than 30 days.
More than 20 percent of stars have somewhat smaller nearby planets, with sizes of several to a few tens of Earth masses and with orbital periods of less than three months.