European researchers say they have discovered a set of three 'super-Earths "orbiting a nearby star, two systems and other plots where small orbiting planets that could resemble our own. As declared at a conference of specialists held in France, research suggests that these planets may be more common than we think. One of them completes a full orbit in just four days. The trio of planets are orbiting a star with a mass slightly less than that of our sun is located about 42 light years Doradus and Pictor constellations.
As shown in artistic recreation shown above, the planets are bigger than Earth. You have 4.2 times the mass of our planet, one is 6.7 times larger and the third 9.4.
surround its star at an extreme speed. One of them completes a full orbit in just four days, a pittance compared to the 365 days that used to spin the Earth around the Sun The other two planets are a little slower, it takes 10 and 20 days respectively complete orbit.
Michel Mayor, the Astronomical Observatory of Geneva, has used the HARPS telescope for this finding. So far found in space more than 270 exoplanets, most of which are as big as Jupiter or Saturn, because smaller planets are more difficult to find.
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