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Super-Earths

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Exo Planet Hunting

Exo planets mostly consist of what we call hot jupiters, giant planets near their sun. They are prob a dozen or more dwarf plants like pluto in our solar system. A planet right near its sun of earth's radius is likely to be as dense an unlivable as mercury. We tend to guess stars hosing planets between half earths mass and double earth's mass would likely be present in at least one % of solar systems.

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