10 Awesome Facts About Earth 2.0 You Must Know

A PLANET described as Earth's "closest twin" has been found by NASA.

Astronomers say the mystery world – named Kepler-452b – is likely to have the conditions to support life.

But here's 10 quick facts you'll need to know about the planet being dubbed Earth 2.0.

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Kepler-452b orbits a star similar size to our Sun

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It is the smallest planet discovered orbiting in the habitable zone of a star – meaning it is most likely to hold life

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Space experts believe if plants were transferred there, they would likely survive

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The planet is 60% bigger than Earth and orbits the Sun from roughly the same distance

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A year on Kepler– 452b would work out to around 385 days, opposed to 365

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Kepler- 452b is six billion years old, compared to Earth, which is only 4.5 billion years old.


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  It is located 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus.

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same temperature as Earth but is 20% brighter PLANET


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The new discovery is the 1,030th planet to have been found.

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It is yet to be discovered if the planet has rocks or water

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