April 19 , 2019
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- NASA’s TESS has detected a new exoplanet called HD 21749c.
- TESS - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- The newly identified exoplanet is 52 light years away, orbiting a star called HD 21749.
- The star also hosts a second planet HD 21749b
- HD 21749b has about 23 times Earth’s mass and a radius of about 2.7 times Earth’s
- HD 21749c is roughly the size of Earth and orbits the star in just 7.8 Earth days.
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