TOP 10 EARTH LIKE PLANETS

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Gliese 581 d

6 times larger than Earth,

It orbits the Gliese 581 red star, which itself is pretty famous for having many habitable planets, but more on the other planets later. It is 20.2 light years away from us and in the outer parts of the habitable zone, hence it is possible for water to exist there, with at least one ocean. A year lasts 66.87 days, so expect to spend a fortune on calenders. It is also considered a cold planet since it has no proper atmosphere, but to be fair if Earth had no atmosphere we would also have been considered a cold planet with an average temperature of -18°C. In 2009 we beamed 25,880 messages from 190 different countries were sent towards its sun, probably messages begging them not to invade us.

9

HD 85512 b

The Cloud Planet

Lets go over the basics first, 3.6 times bigger than Earth, gravity of only 1.4g despite its bigger size, a year of 54 days and its tidally locked. For those who don’t know what tidally locked means, it means that one side is always facing the sun, so basically it is day time on half of the planet while the other half experiences perpetual night (and it slowly freezes there) so basically its a vampires paradise. On a serious note, tidal locking does a number on a planet and reduces chance of life, that still doesn’t mean that living on it is impossible. Its one of the most stable exoplanets. The planet receives 1.86 times the amount of light earth receives, so bring some shades. The planet might also have clouds. It would take the Helios probes 156,971 years to reach the planet (more info on these probes later).

8

Kepler-69c

Anything similar to Venus isn’t a good sign

Again lets go over everything fast, 1.7 times the size of earth, in the habitable zone, and water might exist on its surface. Whats wrong then? Some scientists even considered it a “prime candidate to host alien life” . A year is 242 days long, which so far is the closest we got to one year on Earth. Sadly, today it seems to have common properties to Venus which usually means, no chance of life naturally occurring there, ever. It still doesn’t rule it out as a possible place to settle.

7

Tau Ceti e

So close, yet so far

So it is 1.8 times larger than Earth and a strong atmosphere. Temperatures might be in the 70°C range if their atmosphere is similar to ours. On the bright side, their sun is similar to ours and is extremely stable. It probably has a rocky surface. Also, it is only 11.9 light years away from us, which is pretty close compared to the other planets mentioned on the list, but with the current level of technology its still not completely feasible.

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Gliese 667 Cf

Three suns

This one we don’t know much about it, it is part of 3 sun system, but it orbits only around one of them. Strangely, it receives only 60% sunlight compared to Earth. It is also in the habitable zone, with a 39 day year, and it also has more infrared radiation compared to Earth. It’s related to entry number 4.