Gliese 581 c is a planet whose radius is about 1.5 times the radius of Earth. The planet is 14 times closer to the star than our distance from the Sun. But because the star is so much smaller, the planet is expected to have temperatures between 0 and 40 Celsius degrees which is pretty pleasant. Indeed, you can see liquid water on the satellite photograph. ;-)
The planet is about 5 times heavier than Earth. Because the radius is 1.5 times greater than the radius of Earth, the gravitational acceleration is about 5/2.25 = 2 times greater than on Earth. That's why the citizens have somewhat thicker bones: look at the picture.
The Wikipedia article about 581 C informs that a few hours ago, intelligent radio signals arriving from the planet were detected. ;-) This information was added by a witty editor from statefarm.com.
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