A team of Astronomers from the University of Montreal have discovered a new habtable exoplanet potential in orbit dwarf Star L 98-59, 35 Light-Yaars of the Earth. This discovery means that there are now five confirmed planets in this solar system “Temperate” or “habitable” areaThe region of a solar system where liquid water could exist on the surfaces of the planets.

The newly discovered planet, called “L 98-59 F”, managed to escape prevo’s observations because it does not pass the land of Bethaeen and its star during the orbaison, known as the “transcease”. The planets that pass on their host stars are easier to spot, because the mini-eclipses they create during the passage of their star can be seen by telescopes.

Tea Research Announcing the discovery of the planet – which awaits publication in The astronomical newspaper—The installed the planet through subtle variations in the movement of its host star. The orbit planets of the stars exert in a gravitational traction on their host as Thobit, slightly shifting the position of their star. These movements can reveal the event of the presence of planets when they cannot be seen.

The revealing movements of L 98-59 were picked up by two specific instruments designed for hunting on the planet: high precision Harps spectrographInstalled on the European telescope of the Southern Observatory (ESO), and the Espresso Rocky Exoplanet spectrographywhich is part of the very large telescope (VLT) at the Paranal ESO Observatory in Chile.

L 98-59 F stands out from the other planets of its solar system because it receives a similar quantity of solar energy to the earth. According to Montreal research, if it has an appropriate atmosphere, it is a temperate planet capable of keeping liquid water on its surface.

In addition to distributing for the presence of liquid water, the habitable area of a solar system is the region where, potentially, planetary conditions could breastfeed for the development of life. Each star has its own living area, determined by its type and the amount of energy it emits.

The L 98-59 Star system gradually attracts the attention of astronomy lovers. Each confit exoplanet is as intriguing as the others, and all are in the habitable band. The planet closest to the star is half the mass of Venus but 85% of the size of the earth. The second is almost 2.5 times more massive than our planet. The third can be 30% oceanic. We know little about the fourth, except that it is also a “Super-Terre”—An term used to describe the large planets than ours but that the ice giants of our solar system.

For the moment, there is no image of L 98-59 f. The next step will be to use the advanced James Webb space telescope technology to try to capture a direct image.

“These results confirm the 98-59 as one of the convincing mons nearby systems to explore the diversity of rocky planets and, perhaps, in search of signs of life”, explains a statement Issued by the University of Montreal.

There is only one other known stellar system similar in complexity and number of exoplanets: Trappist-1, which is 39 light-yaars of the earth. It is an ultracool dwarf star with at least seven rocky exoplanets, including three in the living area.

This story initially looked at Cable EN ESPAñol and was translated from Spanish.