{"id":15186,"date":"2017-11-15T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15186"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:39:42","slug":"eso-nearest-temperate-world-found-orbiting-quiet-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15186","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Nearest temperate world found orbiting quiet star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESO<\/a> (European Southern Observatory):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso1736\/?lang\" target=\"_d\">Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><em>ESO\u2019s HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet around Ross 128\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_15187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15187\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1736a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15187\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,700\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/M. Kornmesser&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This artist\\u2019s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the background. This planet, which lies only 11 light-years from Earth, was found by a team using ESO\\u2019s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world is now the second-closest temperate planet to be detected after Proxima b. It is also the closest planet to be discovered orbiting an inactive red dwarf star, which may increase the likelihood that this planet could potentially sustain life. Ross 128 b will be a prime target for ESO\\u2019s Extremely Large Telescope, which will be able to search for biomarkers in the planet&#039;s atmosphere.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1510747200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Artist\\u2019s impression of the planet Ross 128 b&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Artist\u2019s impression of the planet Ross 128 b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This artist\u2019s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the background. This planet, which lies only 11 light-years from Earth, was found by a team using ESO\u2019s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world is now the second-closest temperate planet to be detected after Proxima b. It is also the closest planet to be discovered orbiting an inactive red dwarf star, which may increase the likelihood that this planet could potentially sustain life. Ross 128 b will be a prime target for ESO\u2019s Extremely Large Telescope, which will be able to search for biomarkers in the planet&amp;#8217;s atmosphere.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15187\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736a1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This artist\u2019s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the background. This planet, which lies only 11 light-years from Earth, was found by a team using ESO\u2019s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world is now the second-closest temperate planet to be detected after Proxima b. It is also the closest planet to be discovered orbiting an inactive red dwarf star, which may increase the likelihood that this planet could potentially sustain life. Ross 128 b will be a prime target for ESO\u2019s Extremely Large Telescope, which will be able to search for biomarkers in the planet&#8217;s atmosphere. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1736a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larger image<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO\u2019s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross 128 b and is now the second-closest temperate planet to be detected after Proxima b. It is also the closest planet to be discovered orbiting an inactive red dwarf star, which may increase the likelihood that this planet could potentially sustain life. Ross 128 b will be a prime target for ESO\u2019s Extremely Large Telescope, which will be able to search for biomarkers in the planet&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0sqmraXRsc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A team working with ESO\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/lasilla\/36\/harps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS)<\/a>\u00a0at the La Silla Observatory in Chile has found that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_dwarf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">red dwarf star<\/a>\u00a0Ross 128 is orbited by a low-mass\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exoplanet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exoplanet<\/a>\u00a0every 9.9 days. This Earth-sized world is expected to be temperate, with a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth. Ross 128 is the \u201cquietest\u201d nearby star to host such a temperate exoplanet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThis discovery is based on more than a decade of HARPS intensive monitoring together with state-of-the-art data reduction and analysis techniques. Only HARPS has demonstrated such a precision and it remains the best planet hunter of its kind, 15 years after it began operations,\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">explains Nicola Astudillo-Defru (Geneva Observatory \u2013 University of Geneva, Switzerland), who co-authored the discovery paper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15188\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1736b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15188\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,666\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowle&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This image shows the sky around the red dwarf star Ross 128 in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Ross 128 appears at the centre of the picture. Close inspection reveals that Ross 128 has a strange multiple appearance as this image was created from photographs taken over a more than forty year period, and the star, which is only 11 light-years from Earth, moved across the sky significantly during this time. Ross 128 is a \\u201cquiet\\u201d red dwarf star and is orbited by Ross 128 b, an exoplanet with a similar mass and temperature to the Earth.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1510747200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The sky around the red dwarf star Ross 128&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The sky around the red dwarf star Ross 128\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This image shows the sky around the red dwarf star Ross 128 in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Ross 128 appears at the centre of the picture. Close inspection reveals that Ross 128 has a strange multiple appearance as this image was created from photographs taken over a more than forty year period, and the star, which is only 11 light-years from Earth, moved across the sky significantly during this time. Ross 128 is a \u201cquiet\u201d red dwarf star and is orbited by Ross 128 b, an exoplanet with a similar mass and temperature to the Earth.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15188\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eso1736b1-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This image shows the sky around the red dwarf star Ross 128 in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Ross 128 appears at the centre of the picture. Close inspection reveals that Ross 128 has a strange multiple appearance as this image was created from photographs taken over a more than forty year period, and the star, which is only 11 light-years from Earth, moved across the sky significantly during this time. Ross 128 is a \u201cquiet\u201d red dwarf star and is orbited by Ross 128 b, an exoplanet with a similar mass and temperature to the Earth. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1736b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larger images.<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Red dwarfs are some of the coolest, faintest \u2014 and most common \u2014 stars in the Universe. This makes them very good targets in the search for exoplanets and so they are increasingly being studied. In fact, lead author Xavier Bonfils (Institut de Plan\u00e9tologie et d&#8217;Astrophysique de Grenoble \u2013 Universit\u00e9 Grenoble-Alpes\/CNRS, Grenoble, France), named their HARPS programme The shortcut to happiness, as it is easier to detect small cool siblings of Earth around these stars, than around stars more similar to the Sun\u00a0<a href=\"#1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many red dwarf stars, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proxima_Centauri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proxima Centauri<\/a>, are subject to flares that occasionally bathe their orbiting planets in deadly ultraviolet and X-ray radiation. However, it seems that Ross 128 is a much quieter star, and so its planets may be the closest known comfortable abode for possible life.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLmmy55xNVg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although it is currently 11 light-years from Earth, Ross 128 is moving towards us and is expected to become our nearest stellar neighbour\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Near-stars-past-future-en.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in just 79 000 years<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a blink of the eye in cosmic terms. Ross 128 b will by then take the crown from Proxima b and become the closest exoplanet to Earth!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With the data from HARPS, the team found that Ross 128 b orbits 20 times closer than the Earth orbits the Sun. Despite this proximity, Ross 128 b receives only 1.38 times more irradiation than the Earth. As a result, Ross 128 b\u2019s equilibrium temperature is estimated to lie between -60 and 20\u00b0C, thanks to the cool and faint nature of its small red dwarf host star, which has just over half the surface temperature of the Sun. While the scientists involved in this discovery consider Ross 128b to be a temperate planet, uncertainty remains as to whether the planet lies inside, outside, or on the cusp of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circumstellar_habitable_zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">habitable zone<\/a>, where liquid water may exist on a planet\u2019s surface\u00a0<a href=\"#2\">[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJbrJLsFQnQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Astronomers are now detecting more and more temperate exoplanets, and the next stage will be to study their atmospheres, composition and chemistry in more detail. Vitally, the detection of biomarkers such as oxygen in the very closest exoplanet atmospheres will be a huge next step, which ESO\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/elt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extremely Large Telescope<\/a>\u00a0(ELT) is in prime position to take\u00a0<a href=\"#3\">[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew facilities at ESO will first play a critical role in building the census of Earth-mass planets amenable to characterisation. In particular,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/lasilla\/36\/nirps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIRPS<\/a>, the infrared arm of HARPS, will boost our efficiency in observing red dwarfs, which emit most of their radiation in the infrared. And then, the ELT will provide the opportunity to observe and characterise a large fraction of these planets,\u201d concludes Xavier Bonfils.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a name=\"1\"><\/a>[1] A planet orbiting close to a low-mass red dwarf star has a larger gravitational effect on the star than a similar planet orbiting further out from a more massive star like the Sun. As a result, this \u201creflex motion\u201d velocity is much easier to spot. However, the fact that red dwarfs are fainter makes it harder to collect enough signal for the very precise measurements that are needed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a name=\"2\"><\/a>[2] The habitable zone is defined by the range of orbits around a star in which a planet can possess the appropriate temperature for liquid water to exist on the planet\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a name=\"3\"><\/a>[3] This is only possible for the very few exoplanets that are close enough to the Earth to be angularly resolved from their stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered ESO\u2019s HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet around Ross 128\u00a0 A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO\u2019s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross 128 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESO: Nearest temperate world found orbiting quiet star<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3WW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27006,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=27006","url_meta":{"origin":15186,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Planet discovered orbiting Barnard&#8217;s star, closest single star to our Sun","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our Sun Using the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard\u2019s star, the closest single star to our Sun. 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