New Earth?
Scientist find Earth-like planet
Background
Scientist have discovered a plant that is like Earth. This planet is named Gliese 667Cc or commonly called Kasshosku (ka-sho-kqu) Wakussei (wak-say). The distance from it's suns are .11 AU or .23 AU in astronomical units or 11.5 million miles (18.5 million km) which is closer than Earth to the Sun.
Length of Day & Year
Since we don't have exact numbers but we think since Kasshosku Wakussei is closer to the sun, depending on what side you're settle on, you could either eternal day or night.
The length of year, however, is very short. It's .076 compared to Earth's 365 day year. Their year is 28 days long.
Waterbears
These tiny creatures can be found on Kasshosku Wakussei. They can be found in water can be between .1 cm 1.5 cm.
Interesting Facts about Kasshosku Wakussei!
- It's part of a triple-star system which means you can see two other stars in the sky
- Kasshoku Wakussei is 22 light years away
- This planet comes in second after earth in a diagram comparing earth and mars and ranked with in order of similarity to earth
Everyone can be a fixer-upper
Only one season:hot.
One downfall of this grand planet is that it's always hot. 86 degrees Fahrenheit. So one way to overcome this is to make a cooling system kind of like air condition.
Don't take me for granite...
The surface of Kasshoku Wakissei is rocky and that could use troubles with construction of homes and road. A possible answer it to smooth out an area then build because we don't want rocket floors.
Choosing the light or the dark side.
An comeuppance, is having eternal day or night which means you have either light or dark all the time. For eternal day; you could buy heavy curtains to block out the sun. For eternal dark; lights to give well you know what lights do.