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Originally Posted by Amber Robot
Isn't it a bit hyperbolic to use the word "twin"? The planet is at least 5 times as massive as the Earth and we have no idea what kind of surface/atmosphere it might have. Certainly Venus and Mars are both much closer to being "Earth's Twin" than this planet.
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Kallut's link was the first one that I heard this particular find refered to as a twin. Since it's a blog, I tend ignore it. I believe this thread adds to the confusion by saying there is technology to find A twin.
Media is (generally) refering to the newly found planet as a super Earth.
This thread is refering to technology that would be able to find a twin Earth.
Besides, what criteria is used to determine twin-ality? At what boundry is a twin not a twin?