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In the first part, we discussed the various methods for the detection of planets outside the solar system known as the exoplanets. In this part, we will describe various kinds of exoplanets. The habitable planets discovered so far and the present status of our search for a habitable planet similar to the Earth will also be discussed.
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Sujan Sengupta is an astrophysicist at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. He works on the detection, characterisation and habitability of extra-solar planets and extra-solar moons.
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Sengupta, S. The search for another Earth – Part II. Reson 21, 899–910 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0399-0
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