Conditions+for+Life+on+Other+Planets

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Most people believe there can be another planet with life on it, well there is, TrES-2. It is a similar size to Jupiter, and not in our solar system. They discovered this planet with a telescope used for astronomers in progress. It is also a gas planet, just like our gas giants in our solar system. The reason why astronomers have been paying so much attention to this planet is because it is almost the same distance from its star, as earth is from our sun. The only catch to this is that the average temperature is 1,500 degrees celicous. It also may not Have a solid landing. If in the future we invent high technology, that can protect us from extreme heat and have a floating civilization, than maybe it will be at our use in the future. But for now, we will have to wait.
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 * Scientists have discovered that one of jupiters moons europa has a icey crust that my have some life. Underneath th is icy crust, there may be liquid water. this could make it possible for microscopic life that can surive in extreme conditions, to live there. We still ahvent actually gone out to Europa yet, but i would think that NASA or some other space organization to plan this trip in future years.
 * Scientists have discovered a planet smilar size to jupiter. It is called TrES-2. It is 500 light years away, and is a gas planet like jupiter as well. The reason why it may be able to contain life is beacause it is around the same distance to its star, as earth is to our sun. The only catch is that the average temperature is about 1,500 degrees celcious, and there is nothing solid to land on.

Some conditions that you need on a planet to support life is..... Here is some basic data about TrES-2 ( from [|http://exoplanet.eu]) :
 * To be the right distance from the main star of their solar system
 * Needs to have avaible liquid water (easy to get)
 * To have a solid surface to bulid on and live on
 * **- __Basic data__ :** ||
 * ||  || **Name** |||| TrES-2 ||
 * **Discovered in** || 2006 ||  ||
 * **M.sin //i//** || 1.253 (± 0.052) //MJ// || ref. ||
 * **Semi major axis** || 0.03556 (± 0.00075) //AU// || ref. ||
 * **Orbital period** || 2.470613402 (± 1.5e-07) //days// || ref. ||
 * **Eccentricity** || 0 || ref. ||
 * **Radius** || 1.169 (± 0.034) //RJ// || ref. ||
 * **Ttransit** || 2453957.635486 (± 7e-05) || ref. ||
 * **Tsec-transit** || 14994.0605 (± 0.0033) || ref. ||
 * **Inclination** || 83.62 (± 0.14) //deg.// || ref. ||
 * **[|λ]** || -9 (± 12) //deg.// || ref. ||
 * **Update** || 06/02/12 ||  ||   ||