Illustration of the planetary system of L 98-59 (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Illustration of the planetary system of L 98-59

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Illustration of the planetary system of L 98-59: five small exoplanets orbit closely around this red dwarf star, located 35 light-years away. In the foreground is the habitable-zone super-Earth L 98-59 f, whose existence was confirmed in this study.

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Benoit Gougeon, Université de Montréal

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