Astronomers discover an Earth-sized "pi planet" with a 3.14-day orbit
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2020
In a delightful alignment of astronomy and mathematics, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a "pi Earth" - an Earth-sized planet that zips around its star every 3.14 days, in an orbit reminiscent of the universal mathematics constant. The researchers discovered signals of the planet in data taken in 2017 by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope's K2 mission. By zeroing in on the syst
