Two previously discovered planets believed to be rocky Earth-likes may actually be water worlds, new research suggests.
that they could be two water worlds, and that they are less dense than astronomers originally posited.
When we first discovered these water worlds in the Kepler system, there wasn’t anything especially intriguing about them that warranted a second look. However, astronomers believed that it would be a good candidate for research on the atmospheres of the exoplanets within the system. As such, new studies on the planets we discovered there began.To dig deeper, the researchers began to look at data of the system captured by the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.
The researchers then found that the data they gathered from the Kepler mission didn’t allow for correct transiting timetables. Instead, they had to change the equation slightly to that of a four-planet model instead of the three-planet model they were using before. When done, they discovered that the transit times then made more sense.
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