kristoffer wrote:Kepler telescope has confirmed the first habitable planet. the planet orbit the sun-like star Kepler-22, and the planet is 2.4 times the size of Earth. It is inside the "habitable zone"
Here's a very rudimentary add-on for the star and it's planet. Unzip to your extras folder, and go to Kepler-22. (If you like, you can also compare it's orbit with those in our solar system by removing the .DIS extension from the extra SSC.)
Kepler-22.zip
Note that, although this planet is in the habitable zone of it's star, if the estimates given so far regarding it's Mass ( < 34.9613 X Earth) and radius (2.6832 X Earth) turn out to be accurate, then this planet would certainly not be "habitable" by us, as it would have a surface gravity of nearly 5g's.
It would need a radius more like 6 x earth's in order to be a comfortable place to live. (Don't buy a ticket or stamp your passport just yet!
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