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Artist's impression of the Teegarden b exoplanet

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-33600

Date

2021-04-01

Teegarden's Star b is an exoplanet found orbiting within the habitable zone of Teegarden's Star, an M-type red dwarf star around 12 light years away from the Solar System. As of July 2019 it has the highest Earth Similarity Index score, with a score of 0.95. Together with Teegarden's Star c, GJ 1061 c, d, Luyten b and Tau Ceti e, it is the fourth-closest potentially habitable exoplanet as of April 2020.