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London, April 10: Scientists have discovered a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Leo, which might be the smallest planet found till date.
Discovered by Spanish and UCL (University College London) scientists, the new planet lies at a distance of 30 light years from Earth, has a mass five times that of our planet, but could be the smallest found to date.
“This is the fourth super-Earth planet discovered. This planet is the hot twin of the frozen super-Earth (OGLE-2005-BLG-390lb) we discovered by microlensing two years ago,” said Dr Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, a visiting astrophysicist at UCL.