The Earth-like Planet Gliese 581
April 25, 2007
Artist's impression of the five-Earth mass planet, Gliese 581 c, found in the habitable zone around the red dwarf Gliese 581, with the instrument HARPS on the ESO 3.6-m telescope.
Topics:
Environment, Libra constellation, Terrestrial planets, Extrasolar planets, Human Interest, artist, Gliese 581, Gliese 581 c, Super-Earths, Gliese 581 d, High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, Gliese 876, Red dwarf, Planetary systems, European Southern Observatory
