While no conclusive detections of exomoons have been reported to date, planet formation theories predict that satellites should be a common outcome of the collisional dynamics in early extrasolar systems.
TOI 700 e
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Dynamical Interactions and Habitability in the TOI-700 Multi-Planet System
The discovery of a second earth sized planet (TOI-700e) interior to the habitable candidate TOI-700d has prompted further research into this system, as the additional planet makes the TOI-700 system […]
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A Second Earth-Sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of the M Dwarf, TOI-700
We report the discovery of TOI-700 e, a 0.95 R⊕ planet residing in the Optimistic Habitable Zone (HZ) of its host star.
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TESS Discovers TOI 700 Planetary System’s Second Earth-Sized World
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of […]