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*A+"EL,& England ) n the search for Earth)li-e planets&
astronomers .eroed in on t/o places that loo-a/fully familiar to
home0 1ne is close to the right si.e0 +he other is in the right
place0 Europeanresearchers said they not only found the smallest
e2oplanet ever& called 3liese 456 e& but reali.ed that
aneighboring planet discovered earlier& 3liese 456 d& /as
in the prime habitable .one for potential life0
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8+he *oly 3rail of current e2oplanet research is the detection
of a roc-y& Earth)li-e planet in the9habitable .one&98 said
Michel Mayor& an astrophysicist at 3eneva %niversity in
S/it.erland0
An American e2pert called the discovery of the tiny planet
8e2traordinary08
3liese 456 e is only 60 times the si.e of Earth ; /hile previous
planets found outside our solar systemare closer to the si.e of
massive upiter& /hich NASA says could s/allo/ more than
6&
7/26/2019 Planet Gisselle 581 d
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Scientists also discovered that the orbit of planet 3liese 456
d& /hich /as found in =
