Ross 128 b and the search for Earth-like exoplanets

planet 128Ross 128 b is a planet a bit larger and more massive than Earth. It orbits the host star at a distance of 0.0496 astronomical units (7.42 million kilometres). The planet’s orbit isAstronomers have spotted a roughly Earth-mass world circling the small, dim star Ross 128, which lies just 11 lht-years from the e planet, known as Ross 128b,