10 Most Earth-Like Exoplanets

Aug 28, 2023, 15:43 IST

Trisha Pathak

Gliese 667Cc

Gliese 667Cc is 22 light-years away and at least 4.5 times bigger than Earth. It takes 28 days to complete one orbit around its host star. However, that star is a red dwarf, far colder than the Sun.

Note: Not all images are real. Some are artist-imaged illustrations.

Kepler-22b

Kepler-22b is 600 light-years from Earth. It was the first Kepler planet discovered in the habitable zone of its parent star, but it is far bigger than Earth – around 2.4 times the planet.

Kepler-69c

Kepler-69c, located around 2,700 light-years away, is almost 70 per cent bigger than Earth. The planet completes one orbit every 242 days, giving it the same position in its solar system as Venus does in ours.

Kepler-62f

Kepler-62f is around 1,200 light-years away and, according to its size, falls within the range of possible rocky planets with seas.

Kepler-186f

Kepler-186f receives only one-third of the energy that Earth gets from the Sun. The planet is approximately 500 light-years away from Earth.

Kepler-442b

Kepler-442b is 33 per cent bigger than Earth and completes one orbit of its star in 112 days. Kepler-442, which is 1,194 light-years away from Earth, was discovered in 2015.

Kepler-452b

Kepler-452b is 60 per cent the size of Earth, and its parent star (Kepler-452) is 10 per cent the size of the sun. The exoplanet Kepler-452 is remarkably similar to our sun.

Kepler 1649c

Kepler-1649c, discovered in 2020, is 300 light-years away from Earth and just 1.06 times bigger.

Proxima Centauri b

According to NASA Exoplanet Exploration, Proxima Centauri B is only four light-years away from Earth, making it the nearest-known exoplanet. The exoplanet was found in 2016 and has a mass 1.27 times that of Earth.

TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is a cool red dwarf star and has the most Earth-sized planets identified in a single star's habitable zone. This planetary system consists of seven worlds.

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