Thursday, September 25, 2014

Russian astronomers have discovered a planet in the Alpha Centauri system – News America


 Russian astronomers have discovered a planet in the Alpha Centauri system

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Astronomers from St. Petersburg via mathematical calculations found new planet nearest to the Sun in the Alpha Centauri system. About his discovery scientists said at a scientific conference «Journees-2014″ at the Pulkovo Observatory, the agency « ITAR-TASS ».

«We believe that the planet may be at a distance of 80 astronomical units (the distance from the Earth to the Sun – Ed.) And rotates around the center of the double star at a speed of one revolution in 100 years”, – said the head of the laboratory of the dynamics of planets and small bodies Observatory Ivan Shevchenko of space discovery. He also added that the planet is out of life, that is located so far away from the star that the water in it can not be.

See this planet with a telescope, unfortunately, is not possible. Therefore, a rocket scientist to find it, had to resort to mathematical methods of investigation. It is worth noting that the St. Petersburg, astronomers discovered a 2nd planet Alpha Centauri system. First discovered in 2012, scientists at the European Southern Observatory.

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