For anyone curious about how we determine "Earth-like planets," check out the Earth Similarity Index. The recent discovery from Kepler was very exciting because it has an ESI of 0.98, compared to the previous leader which was 0.89. For comparison, Mars is at a 0.70. Of course, unless we develop some really fancy new tech, these planets are quite unreachable...
For anyone curious about how we determine "Earth-like planets," check out the Earth Similarity Index. The recent discovery from Kepler was very exciting because it has an ESI of 0.98, compared to the previous leader which was 0.89. For comparison, Mars is at a 0.70. Of course, unless we develop some really fancy new tech, these planets are quite unreachable...
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Ah good call, I linked the info on Kepler and didn't think of that. You thought of it, keep it posted!