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    Gliese 581c /ˈɡliːzə/ (Gl 581c or GJ 581c) is an exoplanet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system. It is the second planet discovered in the system and...
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  • orbits. In order of distance from the star, these are Gliese 581e, Gliese 581b, and Gliese 581c. The letters represent the discovery order, with b being...
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    ejection. Gliese 581b does not transit. At the least, given that Gliese 581b orbits alongside two other planets (Gliese 581c and e) and that Gliese 436 b...
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    0 °F). In 2007, a new, potentially habitable exoplanet, Gliese 581c, was found, orbiting Gliese 581. The minimum mass estimated by its discoverers (a team...
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    be possible on the surface. With Gliese 581c having a mass of at least 5 Earth masses and a distance from Gliese 581 of 0.073 astronomical units (6.8 million...
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    exoplanets, but it is now known that Gliese 581c is too hot to be potentially habitable, and the planet candidates Gliese 581d and g likely do not exist. At...
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    the Gliese 581 planetary system. The smallest, Gliese 581e, is only about 1.9 Earth masses, but orbits very close to the star. Two others, Gliese 581c and...
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    Orcus and Vanth Gliese 581c, Gliese 581g, Gliese 581b, and Gliese 581e may be tidally locked to their parent star Gliese 581. Gliese 581d is almost certainly...
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    "Gliese 581 system has a somewhat checkered history of habitable planet claims," as two previously discovered planets in the same system, Gliese 581c and...
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    2009-01-18. von Bloh, W.; et al. (2008). "Habitability of Super-Earths: Gliese 581c and 581d". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 3: 503–506...
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    chosen by Bebo users, called A Message From Earth, toward the planet Gliese 581c. Sent on 9 October 2008, it will arrive in the spring of 2028. On June...
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  • capsule "A Message from Earth" will reach its destination on the planet Gliese 581c. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to leave the Solar System...
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    8 billion Gya): Formation of the Gliese 581 planetary system: Gliese 581c, the first observed ocean planet and Gliese 581d, a super-Earth planet, possibly...
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    6 m telescope led to the discovery of extrasolar planets, including Gliese 581c—one of the smallest planets seen outside the Solar System. The idea that...
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    take place across Baghdad, Iraq, killing nearly 200 people. April 24 – Gliese 581c, a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet habitable for life, is discovered...
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    surfaces were therefore of much higher interest. The 2007 discovery of Gliese 581c, the first super-Earth in the circumstellar habitable zone, created significant...
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    they become a mixture of volatiles and gas like Neptune. The planet Gliese 581c, with a mass 5.5–10.4 times the mass of Earth, attracted attention upon...
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  • the first speculated "habitable" planet discovered, Gliese 581c, orbits a red dwarf star (Gliese 581) located only 20.3 light years from Earth—a notable...
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    completed. In 2008, RT-70 was used to beam 501 messages at the exoplanet Gliese 581c, in hopes of making contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The messages...
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  • surface. The Gliese 581 planetary system contains multiple planets that may be candidates for surface water, including Gliese 581c, Gliese 581d, might...
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    Jupiter Gas giant 5.20 11.86 years 12.4 First-generation spectrograph Gliese 581c Super-Earth 0.07 12.92 days 3.18 Second-generation spectrograph Saturn...
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    Gliese 581e /ˈɡliːzə/ or Gl 581e is an exoplanet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system, located 20.5 light-years (6.3 parsecs) away from Earth in the...
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    OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, has also been compared to Hoth, by NASA in this instance. Gliese 581c Gliese 581g OGLE-2005-BLG-169Lb OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb...
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    exoplanets. In 2007, Mayor was one of 11 European scientists who discovered Gliese 581c, the first extrasolar planet in a star's habitable zone, from the ESO...
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    analyzing variations in the radial velocities of stars. Among them was Gliese 581c (announced April 25, 2007) which at the time, was the most likely candidate...
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    of hydrogen and helium in an animation of one model of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. The term "gas dwarf" has also been used to refer to planets smaller...
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    Jupiter Gas giant 5.20 11.86 years 12.4 First-generation spectrograph Gliese 581c Super-Earth 0.07 12.92 days 3.18 Second-generation spectrograph Saturn...
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  • 9.4 times the mass of Jupiter); the least massive confirmed planet is Gliese 581 e, which masses 0.007906 MJ or 2.51 M🜨. The longest period of any confirmed...
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