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PostSubject: Re: Proxima Centauri, the hunt for planets.   Proxima Centauri, the hunt for planets. - Page 2 Empty14th August 2016, 10:13 pm

Hah, same here!

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Unless I've missed something, where it stands today, this is a single rumour being spread by someone at Der Spiegel. So not only is this going through a bit of a game of "telephone" where someone who works with ESO talked with an interviewer who probably doesn't understand the nuances of the science, it's also being written up with a sensationalist filter specifically skewed to make the story more click-bait worthy. I really don't see a reason to be excited about this yet.
I have to agree here. Better to wait for the actual announcement rather than rely on the rumours. Furthermore, claims of potential habitability seem to be routinely exaggerated in exoplanet press releases and even the discovery papers themselves, so I'm not going to hold my breath on this one.
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PostSubject: Re: Proxima Centauri, the hunt for planets.   Proxima Centauri, the hunt for planets. - Page 2 Empty18th August 2016, 12:19 am

From this tweet from Mikko Tuomi.
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What are the implications of this result in the context of #palereddot? #Proxima @Pale_red_dot

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http://www.seeker.com/important-announcement-proxima-earth-like-exoplanet-1982234510.html

"...On Wednesday, Aug. 24, we could find out whether or not the recent rumors of an Earth-like exoplanet existing on our interstellar doorstep are real.
In a press notification on Monday, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said only that they "will host a press conference at its Headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany" and that the ESO's Director General, Tim de Zeeuw, will open the event. The press conference will start at 1 p.m. Central European Time (CET) -- 7 a.m. EDT/4 a.m. PDT. There was no mention of the scientists who would be in attendance or what astronomical topic the event would focus on..."

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Some updates are being posted to the Pale Red Dot Twitter...
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https://twitter.com/Pale_red_dot/status/768492846710190081
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8/11 #palereddot team confirm the Doppler signal and are sure it is not caused by activity on #ProximaCentauri

https://twitter.com/Pale_red_dot/status/768493491366354944
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9/11 #palereddot data is best interpreted by the presence of a planet

https://twitter.com/Pale_red_dot/status/768493573016784896
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10/11 A #terrestrial #planet with an orbital period of 11.2 days and an M sin I of 1.3 Earth masses
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