The newly discovered exoplanet, called TOI 700 d, is located about 100 light-years away from us and is roughly 20% larger than Earth.
Okay, not exactly close, but looking good…
A year on TOI 700 d takes 37 days.
Um. Wait. What?
One thing astronomers have discovered though is that TOI 700 d is tidally locked to its star, which means that one half bathes in eternal sunlight, and the other half always exists in darkness.
Oy.
And even better…
One of the burning questions is whether the planet has an atmosphere or not.
Is this really the best way to phrase this? 😂
I vote we pass on this one…
PS I’ve been trying futilely to get WordPress not to screw up the formatting. To no avail.
M Thomas Apple Author Page 
February 2, 2020 at 7:30 am
If it has water it must have an atmosphere and gravity otherwise the water will float into space.
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February 2, 2020 at 6:40 pm
Planets by definition have gravity, and most have some sort of atmosphere, but neither guarantees humans can live there.
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