Other planets in our solar system can masquerade as Earth from afar
If aliens took a picture of our solar system from afar, they might find that 6 of the other 7 planets in our solar system sometimes appear exactly the same as Earth in a phenomenon called planet confusion
By Leah Crane
If aliens could confuse Earth for different planet, we could beryllium mistaking our impressions of exoplanets Limbitech/Shutterstock
Taking a representation of a far-off world may not beryllium capable to place what benignant of satellite it is. We cognize this due to the fact that from extracurricular our star system, each different satellite but for Jupiter could beryllium mistaken for Earth astatine immoderate angles.
When planets beyond our star system, called exoplanets, are discovered via straight taking an representation of them, we usually lone get 2 pieces of accusation from that image: the planet’s evident brightness …
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