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    This document summarizes information about habitable exoplanets. It defines a habitable exoplanet as a planet that can maintain liquid water on its surface, located in the habitable zone of its star where temperatures allow for water. Several methods have been used to detect exoplanets that are too far away to see directly, including observing the dimming of starlight as a planet passes in front. Over 1500 exoplanets have been found so far in our galaxy, with some of the closest potentially habitable planets located within 50 light years of Earth.

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    This document summarizes information about habitable exoplanets. It defines a habitable exoplanet as a planet that can maintain liquid water on its surface, located in the habitable zone of its star where temperatures allow for water. Several methods have been used to detect exoplanets that are too far away to see directly, including observing the dimming of starlight as a planet passes in front. Over 1500 exoplanets have been found so far in our galaxy, with some of the closest potentially habitable planets located within 50 light years of Earth.

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    This document summarizes information about habitable exoplanets. It defines a habitable exoplanet as a planet that can maintain liquid water on its surface, located in the habitable zone of its star where temperatures allow for water. Several methods have been used to detect exoplanets that are too far away to see directly, including observing the dimming of starlight as a planet passes in front. Over 1500 exoplanets have been found so far in our galaxy, with some of the closest potentially habitable planets located within 50 light years of Earth.

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    -SEARCH OF TWIN EARTH

    K.MAHEEDHAR.
    BATCH:-5B.
    ENROLL:-17STUCHH010256
    CONTENTS Of
    PRESENTATION:-
    What is habitable exoplanet?
    How did scientists identify exoplanet?
    Methods used to find exoplanet.
    Where are the exoplanets?
    How many earth like planets are there?
    Why do we search for habitable exoplanets?
    Habitable exoplanets nearer to earth.
    REFERENCES.
    In astronomy and astrobiology
    habitable zone means ecosphere ,’life
    zone’,is the region around a star where a
    planet with sufficient atmospheric
    pressure can maintain liquid water on its
    surface.
    Exo planets or extra solar planets is
    any planet that orbits star other than the
    sun.
    Hence the habitable exoplanet means
    Due to great distance and darkness of
    space ,exoplanets are small and hard to see.
    A handful of ingenious methods have
    been used to detect the planets too far away
    for us to see.
    As the hole is 10 times the size of earths
    orbit around the sun the astronomers found
    the exoplanets i.e when a planet passes
    directly between an observer and the star it
    orbits,it blocks some of that star’s light ,so
    they conclude that it is an exoplanet.
    The most common technique used to find an
    exoplanet is dopler effect.
    DOPLER EFFECT:-It shows that the star is going
    away and then towards us with certain period that
    can be deduced such that a planet is going towards
    and away from in opposite direction in same period.
    Kepler’s mission also helped to find earth like
    planetary systems .
    Kepler’s space telescope detects planets by the
    brightness of the star by means it also determines
    the size and shape of the orbits of these planets .
     To date ,more than 1500 exoplanets have
    been found while thousands of are still
    awaiting confirmations.

     The majority of exoplanets lie inside the


    white circle ,that is our milky way galaxy.

     As the technology advances the circle


    ineivetibly grows.
    HOW MANY EARTH LIKE PLANETS
    HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED?
     Nasa’s spitzer space telescope identified seven earth
    sized exoplanets near the ultra cool dwarf star named
    Trappist-1.
     These planets are drawing attention because of their
    location,what has been deemed as habitable zone.

     The most earth like exoplanet is Kepler-452b,the first


    truly earth sized alien planet ever found in stars
    habitable zone it is due to where liquid water could
    exists. It is nearest in size and temperature to earths
    surface temperature.
    It is extremely interest to see how often planets
    look like.

    More than 99%of the known planets do not orbit


    our own sun.

    The more we understand about other planets the


    more we can understand about our planet.

    If we find lots of planets like earth….we’ll know


    likely that we are not alone and that someday we
    might be able to join other intelligent life in the
    universe .
    The nearest exoplanet as close as 12 light years
    away.

    On august 24,2016,astronomers announced the


    discovery .
    of rocky planet in the habitable zone of PROXIMA
    CENTUERI .

    The closest star to earth.

    And there are also other planets which resembles


    to earth i.e their surface temperature is closer to
    that of earth.
    DISTANCE FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

    Distance Lying within the ALL


    habitable zone SYSTEMS

    <10 LIGHT YEARS 0 2

    <20 LIGHT YEARS 6 15

    <30 LIGHT YEARS 8 22

    <40 LIGHT YEARS 10 24

    <50 LIGHT YEARS 11 31


    REFERENCES:-
     Science for the curious Discover magazine.
     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet.
    THANK
    YOU

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