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{{Short description|Planet with environment similar to Earth's}}
{{For|the idea of a planet orbiting the sun directly opposite Earth|Counter-Earth}}
[[File:11214 2023 956 Fig1 HTML.webp|thumb|Evolutionary paths of Earth and [[Venus]]. Venus has been the prime example for a planet resembling Earth and how such a planet can differ.]]
An '''Earth analog''', also called an '''Earth analogue''', '''Earth twin''', or '''second Earth''', is a [[Exoplanet|planet]] or [[Exomoon|moon]] with environmental conditions similar to those found on [[Earth]]. The term '''Earth-like planet''' is also used, but this term may refer to any [[terrestrial planet]].
The possibility is of particular interest to [[Astrobiology|astrobiologists]] and [[astronomers]] under reasoning that the more similar a planet is to Earth, the more likely it is to be capable of sustaining complex [[extraterrestrial life]]. As such, it has long been speculated and the subject expressed in [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[science fiction]] and [[popular culture]]. Advocates of [[space colonization]] and [[space and survival]] have long sought an Earth analog for settlement. In the far future, humans might artificially produce an Earth analog by [[terraforming]].
Before the scientific search for and study of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planets]], the possibility was argued through philosophy and science fiction. Philosophers have suggested that the size of the universe is such that a near-identical planet must exist somewhere. The [[mediocrity principle]] suggests that planets like Earth should be common in the [[Universe]], while the [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] suggests that they are extremely rare. The thousands of exoplanetary star systems discovered so far are profoundly different from the [[Solar System]], supporting the Rare Earth Hypothesis.
On 4 November 2013, astronomers reported, based on [[Kepler space telescope|Kepler space mission]] data, that there could be as many as 40 billion [[terrestrial planet|Earth-sized]] [[exoplanet|planets]] orbiting in the [[circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zones]] of [[Solar analog|Sun-like stars]] and [[red dwarf|red dwarf stars]] within the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]].<ref name="NYT-20131104">{{cite news |last = Overbye |first = Dennis |title = Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html |date = November 4, 2013 |work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date = November 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="PNAS-20131031">{{cite journal |last1=Petigura |first1=Erik A. |last2=Howard |first2=Andrew W. |last3=Marcy |first3=Geoffrey W. |title=Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=1 November 2013 |volume=110 |issue=48 |pages=19273–19278 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1319909110 |arxiv=1311.6806 |bibcode=2013PNAS..11019273P |pmid=24191033 |pmc=3845182|doi-access=free }}</ref> The nearest such planet could be expected to be within 12 light-years of the [[Earth]], statistically.<ref name="NYT-20131104" /><ref name="PNAS-20131031" /> In September 2020, astronomers identified 24 [[superhabitable planet|superhabitable planets]] (planets better than Earth) contenders, from among more than 4000 confirmed [[exoplanet]]s, based on [[Astrophysics|astrophysical parameters]], as well as the [[Life|natural history]] of [[Earliest known life forms|known life forms]] on the Earth.<ref name="AB-20200918">{{cite journal |last1=Schulze-Makuch |first1=Dirk |last2=Heller |first2=Rene |last3=Guinan |first3=Edward |title=In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World |date=18 September 2020 |journal=[[Astrobiology (journal)|Astrobiology]] |volume=20 |issue=12 |pages=1394–1404 |doi=10.1089/ast.2019.2161 |pmid=32955925 |pmc=7757576 |bibcode=2020AsBio..20.1394S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
On 11 January 2023, NASA scientists reported the detection of [[LHS 475 b]], an Earth-like exoplanet — and the first [[exoplanet]] discovered by the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].<ref name="NBC-20230111" />
[[File:Exoplaneta habitable.jpg|alt=Artist's representation of a hypothetical habitable exoplanet with three natural satellites|thumb|Artist's representation of a hypothetical habitable exoplanet with three natural satellites]]
Scientific findings since the 1990s have greatly influenced the scope of the fields of [[astrobiology]], models of [[planetary habitability]] and the [[search for extraterrestrial intelligence]] (SETI).
==History==
[[File:Lowell Mars channels.jpg|thumb|[[Percival Lowell]] depicted Mars as a dry but Earth-like planet and habitable for an extraterrestrial civilisation]]
[[File:Titan dunes crop.png|thumb|upright|Sand dunes in the [[Namib Desert]] on Earth (top), compared with dunes in Belet on Titan]]
Between 1858 and 1920, Mars was thought by many, including some scientists, to be very similar to Earth, only drier with a thick atmosphere, similar axial tilt, orbit and seasons as well as a [[Martian]] civilization that had built great [[Martian canals]]. These theories were advanced by [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], [[Percival Lowell]] and others. As such [[Mars in fiction]] portrayed the red planet as similar to Earth's deserts. Images and data from the [[Mariner program|Mariner]] (1965) and [[Viking program|Viking space probes]] (1975–1980), however, revealed the planet as a barren cratered world.<ref name="O'Gallagher">{{Cite journal| title=Search for Trapped Electrons and a Magnetic Moment at Mars by Mariner IV |last=O'Gallagher| first=J.J.|author2=Simpson, J.A.| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1233–1239| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1233| pmid=17747452| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1233O|s2cid=21249845}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{Cite journal| title=Magnetic Field Measurements Near Mars| last=Smith| first=Edward J.| author2=Davis Jr., Leverett| author3=Coleman Jr., Paul J.| author4=Jones, Douglas E.| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1241–1242| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1241| pmid=17747454| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1241S| s2cid=43466009}}</ref><ref name="Leighton">{{Cite journal| title=Mariner IV Photography of Mars: Initial Results| last=Leighton| first=Robert B.|author2=Murray, Bruce C. |author3=Sharp, Robert P. |author4=Allen, J. Denton |author5= Sloan, Richard K. |journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3684| date=August 6, 1965| pages=627–630| doi=10.1126/science.149.3684.627| pmid=17747569| bibcode=1965Sci...149..627L| s2cid=43407530}}</ref><ref name="Kliore">{{Cite journal| title=Occultation Experiment: Results of the First Direct Measurement of Mars's Atmosphere and Ionosphere| last=Kliore| first=Arvydas| author2=Cain, Dan L. |author3=Levy, Gerald S. |author4=Eshleman, Von R. |author5=Fjeldbo, Gunnar |author6= Drake, Frank D. |journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1243–1248| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1243| pmid=17747455| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1243K| s2cid=34369864}}</ref><ref name="Salisbury">{{Cite journal| title=Martian Biology| last=Salisbury| first=Frank B.| date=April 6, 1962| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=136| issue=3510| pages=17–26| doi=10.1126/science.136.3510.17| pmid=17779780| bibcode=1962Sci...136...17S| s2cid=39512870}}</ref><ref name="Kilston">{{Cite journal| title=A Search for Life on Earth at Kilometer Resolution| last=Kilston| first=Steven D.| author2=Drummond, Robert R. |author3=Sagan, Carl |date=1966| journal=Icarus| volume=5| issue=1–6| pages=79–98| doi=10.1016/0019-1035(66)90010-8| bibcode=1966Icar....5...79K}}</ref> However, with continuing discoveries, other Earth comparisons remained. For example, the [[Mars Ocean Hypothesis]] had its origins in the Viking missions and was popularised during the 1980s.<ref>[http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/mars-ocean-hypothesis-hits-the-shore/ NASA – Mars Ocean Hypothesis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220081803/http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/mars-ocean-hypothesis-hits-the-shore/ |date=2012-02-20 }}</ref> With the possibility of past water, there was the possibility that life could have begun on Mars, and it was once again perceived to be more Earth-like.
Likewise, until the 1960s, [[Venus]] was believed by many, including some scientists, to be a warmer version of Earth with a thick atmosphere and either hot and dusty or humid with water clouds and oceans.<ref name='Venus Hashimoto'>{{cite journal |author = Hashimoto, G. L. |author2 = Roos-Serote, M. |author3 = Sugita, S. |author4 = Gilmore, M. S. |author5 = Kamp, L. W. |author6 = Carlson, R. W. |author7 = Baines, K. H. |title = Felsic highland crust on Venus suggested by Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer data |journal = Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |date = 2008 |volume = 113 |issue = E9 |doi = 10.1029/2008JE003134 |pages = E00B24 |bibcode = 2008JGRE..113.0B24H |doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Venus in fiction]] was often portrayed as having similarities to Earth and many speculated about [[Venusians|Venusian]] civilization. These beliefs were dispelled in the 1960s as the first space probes gathered more accurate scientific data on the planet and found that Venus is a very hot world with the surface temperature around {{convert|462|C|F}}<ref name="webcitation.org">{{Cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html |title=Venus Fact Sheet |access-date=2016-03-10 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308174416/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> under an acidic atmosphere with a surface pressure of {{cvt|9.2|MPa}}.<ref name="webcitation.org"/>
From 2004, ''[[Cassini–Huygens]]'' began to reveal Saturn's moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] to be one of the most Earth-like worlds outside of the habitable zone. Though having a dramatically different chemical makeup, discoveries such as the confirmation of [[Lakes of Titan|Titanian lakes]], rivers and fluvial processes in 2007, advanced comparisons to Earth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060721202957.htm |title=Cassini Reveals Titan's Xanadu Region To Be An Earth-Like Land |date=July 23, 2006 |publisher=Science Daily |access-date=2007-08-27 }}</ref><ref name="Seeing_Touching_Titan-ESA">{{cite news |url=http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMHB881Y3E_0.html |title=Seeing, touching and smelling the extraordinarily Earth-like world of Titan |publisher=ESA News, European Space Agency |date=January 21, 2005 |access-date=2005-03-28 }}</ref> Further observations, including weather phenomena, have aided the understanding of geological processes that may operate on Earth-like planets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=731 |title=Cassini-Huygens: News |publisher=Saturn.jpl.nasa.gov |access-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508224740/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=731 |archive-date=2008-05-08 }}</ref>
The [[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler space telescope]] began observing the transits of potential terrestrial planets in the habitable zone from 2011.<ref name="NASA20111205_2011_373">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-99AR.html|title=NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star|work=NASA Press Release|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516021137/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-99AR.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="spacecomkepler22b">{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/24128-kepler-22b.html|title=Kepler-22b: Facts About Exoplanet in Habitable Zone|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Howell |date=November 15, 2017 |website=Space.com|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822162726/https://www.space.com/24128-kepler-22b.html|archive-date=2019-08-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though the technology provided a more effective means for detecting and confirming planets, it was unable to conclude definitively how Earth-like the candidate planets actually are.<ref name="PetiguraHoward2013">{{cite journal|last1=Petigura|first1=E. A.|last2=Howard|first2=A. W.|last3=Marcy|first3=G. W.|title=Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=110|issue=48|year=2013|pages=19273–19278|issn=0027-8424|doi=10.1073/pnas.1319909110|arxiv = 1311.6806 |bibcode = 2013PNAS..11019273P|pmid=24191033|pmc=3845182|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 2013, several Kepler candidates less than 1.5 Earth radii were confirmed orbiting in the habitable zone of stars. It was not until 2015 that the first near-Earth sized candidate orbiting a solar candidate, [[Kepler-452b]], was announced.<ref name=Jenkins2015>{{cite journal|last1=Jenkins|first1=Jon M.|last2=Twicken|first2=Joseph D.|last3=Batalha|first3=Natalie M.|last4=Caldwell|first4=Douglas A.|last5=Cochran|first5=William D.|last6=Endl|first6=Michael|last7=Latham|first7=David W.|last8=Esquerdo|first8=Gilbert A.|last9=Seader|first9=Shawn|last10=Bieryla|first10=Allyson|last11=Petigura|first11=Erik|last12=Ciardi|first12=David R.|last13=Marcy|first13=Geoffrey W.|last14=Isaacson|first14=Howard|last15=Huber|first15=Daniel|last16=Rowe|first16=Jason F.|last17=Torres|first17=Guillermo|last18=Bryson|first18=Stephen T.|last19=Buchhave|first19=Lars|last20=Ramirez|first20=Ivan|last21=Wolfgang|first21=Angie|last22=Li|first22=Jie|last23=Campbell|first23=Jennifer R.|last24=Tenenbaum|first24=Peter|last25=Sanderfer|first25=Dwight|last26=Henze|first26=Christopher E.|last27=Catanzarite|first27=Joseph H.|last28=Gilliland|first28=Ronald L.|last29=Borucki|first29=William J. |display-authors=3 |title=Discovery and Validation of Kepler-452b: A 1.6 R⨁ Super Earth Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone of a G2 Star|journal=The Astronomical Journal|date=23 July 2015|volume=150|issue=2|page=56|issn=1538-3881|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/150/2/56|arxiv = 1507.06723 |bibcode = 2015AJ....150...56J |s2cid=26447864}}</ref><ref name="bno">{{cite web |url=http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id961 |title=NASA telescope discovers Earth-like planet in star's 'habitable zone |date=23 July 2015 |work=[[BNO News]] |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042706/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id961 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 11 January 2023, NASA scientists reported the detection of [[LHS 475 b]], an Earth-like exoplanet - and the first [[exoplanet]] discovered by the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].<ref name="NBC-20230111">{{cite news |last=Chow |first=Denise |title=James Webb Telescope finds its first exoplanet - The planet is almost the same size as Earth, according to a research team led by astronomers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/james-webb-telescope-finds-first-exoplanet-rcna65374 |date=11 January 2023 |work=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=12 January 2023 }}</ref>
==Attributes and criteria==
The probability of finding an Earth analog depends mostly on the attributes that are expected to be similar, and these vary greatly. Generally it is considered that it would be a [[terrestrial planet]] and there have been several scientific studies aimed at finding such planets. Often implied but not limited to are such criteria as planet size, surface gravity, star size and type (i.e. [[Solar analog]]), orbital distance and stability, axial tilt and rotation, similar [[geography]], [[ocean]]s, [[air]] and [[weather]] conditions, strong [[magnetosphere]] and even the presence of Earth-like complex [[life]]. If there is complex life, there could be some [[forest]]s covering much of the land. If there is intelligent life, some parts of land could be covered in [[city|cities]]. Some factors that are assumed of such a planet may be unlikely due to Earth's own history. For instance, the Earth's atmosphere was not always oxygen-rich and this is a [[biosignature]] from the emergence of [[photosynthetic]] life. The formation, presence, influence on these characteristics of the [[Moon]] (such as [[tidal forces]]) may also pose a problem in finding an Earth analog.
The process of determining Earth analogs often involves reconciling several registers of [[uncertainty quantification]]. As anthropologist [[Vincent Ialenti]]'s work on the [[epistemology]] of analogical reasoning has shown,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep Time Reckoning |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539265/deep-time-reckoning/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=MIT Press |language=en-US}}</ref> some planetary scientists are "more comfortable making the leap of faith to bridge time and space and pull together two disparate objects" than others are.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maughan |first=Philip |date=2023-01-12 |title=Searching Earth For Alien Worlds |url=https://www.noemamag.com/searching-earth-for-alien-worlds |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Size===
[[File:Kepler 20 - planet lineup.jpg|thumb|300px|Size Comparisons: [[Kepler-20e]]<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220"/> and [[Kepler-20f]]<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220"/> with [[Venus]] and [[Earth]]]]
Size is often thought to be a significant factor, as planets of Earth's size are thought more likely to be terrestrial in nature and be capable of retaining an Earth-like atmosphere.<ref name="ErkaevLammer2014">{{cite journal| last1=Erkaev| first1=N.V.|last2=Lammer| first2=H.|last3=Elkins-Tanton| first3=L.T.| last4=Stökl| first4=A.| last5=Odert| first5=P.| last6=Marcq| first6=E.| last7=Dorfi| first7=E.A.| last8=Kislyakova| first8=K.G.| last9=Kulikov| first9=Yu.N.| last10=Leitzinger| first10=M.| last11=Güdel| first11=M.| title=Escape of the martian protoatmosphere and initial water inventory| journal=Planetary and Space Science| volume=98| date=2014| pages=106–119| issn=0032-0633| doi=10.1016/j.pss.2013.09.008| pmid=25843981| pmc=4375622|arxiv = 1308.0190 |bibcode = 2014P&SS...98..106E }}</ref>
The list includes planets within the range of 0.8–1.9 Earth masses, below which are generally classed as [[sub-Earth]] and above classed as [[super-Earth]]. In addition, only planets known to fall within the range of 0.5–2.0 Earth radius (between half and twice the radius of the Earth) are included.
According to the size criteria, the closest planetary mass objects by known radius or mass are:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Earth masses ({{Earth mass}})
! Earth radii ({{Earth radius}})
! Note
|-
| [[Kepler-69c]] || 0.98 || 1.7 || Originally thought to be in the [[circumstellar habitable zone]] (CHZ), now thought to be too hot.
|-
| [[Kepler-9d]] || >1.5<ref name="Torres2011">{{cite journal |last1 = Torres |first1 = Guillermo |last2 = Fressin |first2 = François |date = 2011 |title = Modeling Kepler transit light curves as false positives: Rejection of blend scenarios for Kepler-9, and validation of Kepler-9d, a super-Earth-size planet in a multiple system |journal = Astrophysical Journal |volume = 727 |issue = 24 |pages = 24 |doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/727/1/24 |bibcode = 2011ApJ...727...24T |arxiv = 1008.4393 |s2cid = 6358297 }}</ref> || 1.64 || rowspan="2" | Extremely hot.
|-
| [[CoRoT-7b]] || <9 || 1.58
|-
| [[Kepler-20f]] || < 14.3<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220">{{cite web |author = NASA Staff |author-link = NASA |title = Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets – Kepler-20f |url = http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20f/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310195733/http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20f/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 10 March 2012 |date = 20 December 2011 |publisher = [[NASA]] |access-date = 2011-12-23 }}</ref> || 1.03<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220" /> || Slightly larger and likely more massive, far too hot to be Earth-like.
|-
| [[Tau Ceti b]] || 2 || || Extremely hot. Not known to transit.
|-
| [[Kepler-186f]] || || 1.1<ref name="NASA-20140417">{{cite web |last1 = Johnson |first1 = Michele |last2 = Harrington |first2 = J.D. |title = NASA's Kepler Discovers First Earth-Size Planet In The 'Habitable Zone' of Another Star |url = http://www.nasa.gov/ames/kepler/nasas-kepler-discovers-first-earth-size-planet-in-the-habitable-zone-of-another-star |date = 17 April 2014 |work = [[NASA]] |access-date = 17 April 2014 }}</ref> || Orbits in the habitable zone.
|-
| ''[[Earth]]'' || 1 || 1 || Orbits in [[Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone]].
|-
| [[Venus]] || 0.815 || 0.949 || Much hotter.
|-
| [[Kepler-20e]] || < 3.08<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220">{{cite web |author = NASA Staff |author-link = NASA |title = Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets – Kepler-20e |url = http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20e/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310175648/http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20e/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 10 March 2012 |date = 20 December 2011 |publisher = [[NASA]] |access-date = 2011-12-23 }}</ref> || 0.87<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220" /> || Too hot to be Earth-like.
|-
| [[Proxima Centauri b]] || >1.27 || >1.1 || Closest exoplanet to Earth.
|}
This comparison indicates that size alone is a poor measure, particularly in terms of [[Habitable zone|habitability]]. Temperature must also be considered as Venus and the planets of Alpha Centauri B (discovered in 2012), [[Kepler-20]] (discovered in 2011<ref name="NASA-20111220">{{cite web |last = Johnson |first = Michele |title = NASA Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System |url = http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-20-system.html |publisher = [[NASA]] |date = 20 December 2011 |access-date = 2011-12-20 |archive-date = 4 May 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504012546/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-20-system.html |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Nature-20111220">{{cite journal |last = Hand |first = Eric |title = Kepler discovers first Earth-sized exoplanets |doi = 10.1038/nature.2011.9688 |date = 20 December 2011 |journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |s2cid = 122575277 }}</ref>), COROT-7 (discovered in 2009) and the three planets of Kepler-42 (all discovered in 2011) are very hot, and [[Mars]], [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]] and [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] are frigid worlds, resulting also in wide variety of surface and atmospheric conditions. The masses of the [[Natural satellite|Solar System's moons]] are a tiny fraction of that of Earth whereas the masses of [[extrasolar planets]] are very difficult to accurately measure. However discoveries of Earth-sized [[terrestrial planet]]s are important as they may indicate the probable frequency and distribution of Earth-like planets.
=== Terrestrial ===
[[File:Huygens surface color.jpg|thumb|upright|Surfaces like this of Saturn's moon Titan (taken by [[Huygens probe]]) bear superficial similarities to the floodplains of Earth]]
Another criterion often cited is that an Earth analog must be terrestrial, that is, it should possess a similar surface geology—a [[planetary surface]] composed of similar surface materials. The closest known examples are Mars and Titan and while there are similarities in their types of landforms and surface compositions, there are also significant differences such as the temperature and quantities of ice.
Many of Earth's surface materials and landforms are formed as a result of interaction with water (such as clay and [[sedimentary rock]]s) or as a byproduct of life (such as limestone or coal), interaction with the atmosphere, volcanically or artificially. A true Earth analog therefore might need to have formed through similar processes, having possessed an atmosphere, volcanic interactions with the surface, past or present liquid water and [[life forms]].
===Temperature===
There are several factors that can determine planetary temperatures and therefore several measures that can draw comparisons to that of the Earth in planets where atmospheric conditions are unknown.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} [[Equilibrium temperature]] is used for planets without atmospheres. With atmosphere, a [[greenhouse effect]] is assumed. Finally, surface temperature is used. Each of these temperatures is affected by climate, which is influenced by the orbit and rotation (or tidal locking) of the planet, each of which introduces further variables.
Below is a comparison of the confirmed planets with the closest known temperatures to Earth.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:#fbb;"| Temperature comparisons
| [[Venus]]
| [[Earth]]
| [[Kepler-22b]]
| [[Mars]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Global [[Planetary equilibrium temperature|equilibrium temperature]] || 307 K<br>34 °C<br>93 °F || 255 K<br>−18 °C<br>−0.4 °F || 262 K<br>−11 °C<br>22.2 °F || 206 K<br>−67 °C<br>−88.6 °F
|-style="text-align:center;"
| + [[Greenhouse gas]] effect || 737 K<br>464 °C<br>867 °F || 288 K<br>15 °C<br>59 °F || 295 K<br>22 °C<br>71.6 °F || 210 K<br>−63 °C<br>−81 °F
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tidally locked<ref>To stellar primary</ref>|| Almost || No || rowspan="2" | Unknown || No
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Global [[Bond albedo]] || 0.9 || 0.29 || 0.25
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| Refs.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url = http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040123051850/http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2004-01-23 |title = NASA, Mars: Facts & Figures |access-date = 2010-01-28 }}</ref><ref Name="MallamaVenus">{{cite journal |author = Mallama, A. |author2 = Wang, D. |author3 = Howard, R.A. |title = Venus phase function and forward scattering from H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> |journal = Icarus |volume = 182 |issue = 1 |pages = 10–22 |date = 2006 |doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.014 |bibcode = 2006Icar..182...10M }}</ref><ref Name="MallamaMars">{{cite journal |author = Mallama, A. |title = The magnitude and albedo of Mars |journal = Icarus |volume = 192 |issue = 2 |pages = 404–416 |date = 2007 |doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.011 |bibcode = 2007Icar..192..404M }}</ref>
|}
===Solar analog===
{{main|Solar analog}}
Another criterion of an ideal life-harboring earth analog is that it should orbit a [[solar analog]]; that is, a star much like the Sun. However, this criterion may not be entirely valid as many different types of stars can provide a local environment hospitable to life. For example, in the [[Milky Way]], most stars are smaller and dimmer than the Sun. One such star, [[TRAPPIST-1]], is located 12 [[parsecs]] (39 light years) away and is roughly 10 times smaller and 2,000 times dimmer than the Sun, yet it harbors at least six Earth-like planets in its [[Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone]]. While these conditions may seem unfavorable to known life, [[TRAPPIST-1]] is expected to continue burning for 12 trillion years (compared to the Suns remaining 5 billion year lifetime) which is time enough for life to arise by [[abiogenesis]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Snellen |first1=Ignas A. G. |title=Earth's seven sisters |journal=Nature |date=February 2017 |volume=542 |issue=7642 |pages=421–422 |doi=10.1038/542421a |pmid=28230129 |doi-access=free |hdl=1887/75076 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> For comparison, [[Earliest known life forms|life evolved on Earth]] in a mere one billion years.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
===Surface water and hydrological cycle===
[[File:Eckert4.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Water covers 70% of Earth's surface and is required by all known life]]
[[File:Kepler-22 diagram.jpg|thumb|[[Kepler-22b]], located in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star may be the best exoplanetary candidate for extraterrestrial surface water discovered to date, but is significantly larger than Earth and its actual composition is unknown]]
{{main|Habitable zone}}
The concept of the habitable zone (or Liquid Water Zone) defining a region where water can exist on the surface, is based on the properties of both the Earth and Sun. Under this model, Earth orbits roughly at the centre of this zone or in the "Goldilocks" position. Earth is the only planet currently confirmed to possess large bodies of surface water. Venus is on the hot side of the zone while Mars is on the cold side. Neither are known to have persistent surface water, though evidence exists that Mars did have in its ancient past,<ref>Cabrol, N. and E. Grin (eds.). 2010. Lakes on Mars. Elsevier. NY</ref><ref name=Clifford>{{cite journal | last1 = Clifford | first1 = S. M. | last2 = Parker | first2 = T. J. | year = 2001 | title = The Evolution of the Martian Hydrosphere: Implications for the Fate of a Primordial Ocean and the Current State of the Northern Plains | journal = Icarus | volume = 154 | issue = 1| pages = 40–79 | doi=10.1006/icar.2001.6671 | bibcode=2001Icar..154...40C}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Villanueva | first1 = G. | last2 = Mumma | first2 = M. | last3 = Novak | first3 = R. | last4 = Käufl | first4 = H. | last5 = Hartogh | first5 = P. | last6 = Encrenaz | first6 = T.|author6-link=Thérèse Encrenaz | last7 = Tokunaga | first7 = A. | last8 = Khayat | first8 = A. | last9 = Smith | first9 = M. | year = 2015 | title = Strong water isotopic anomalies in the martian atmosphere: Probing current and ancient reservoirs | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1231265| journal = Science | volume = 348| issue = 6231| pages = 218–221| doi = 10.1126/science.aaa3630 | pmid=25745065|bibcode = 2015Sci...348..218V | s2cid = 206633960 }}</ref> and it is speculated that the same was the case for Venus.<ref name='Venus Hashimoto'/> Thus extrasolar planets (or moons) in the Goldilocks position with substantial atmospheres may possess oceans and water clouds like those on Earth. In addition to surface water, a true Earth analog would require a mix of oceans or lakes and areas not covered by water, or ''land''.
Some argue that a true Earth analog must not only have a similar position of its planetary system but also orbit a solar analog and have a near circular orbit such that it remains continuously habitable like Earth.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}
==Extrasolar Earth analog==
{{See also|List of potentially habitable exoplanets}}
The [[mediocrity principle]] suggests that there is a chance that serendipitous events may have allowed an Earth-like planet to form elsewhere that would allow the emergence of complex, multi-cellular life. In contrast, the [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] asserts that if the strictest criteria are applied, such a planet, if it exists, may be so far away that humans may never locate it.
Because the [[Solar System]] proved to be devoid of an Earth analog, the search has widened to [[extrasolar planet]]s. Astrobiologists assert that Earth analogs would most likely be found in a stellar [[habitable zone]], in which liquid water could exist, providing the conditions for supporting life. Some astrobiologists, such as [[Dirk Schulze-Makuch]], estimated that a sufficiently massive [[natural satellite]] may form a [[habitable moon]] similar to Earth.
===History===
====Estimated frequency====
[[File:Artist's Concept of Earth-Like Planets in the Future Universe.jpg|thumb|Artist's concept of Earth-like planets<ref>{{cite web|title=Artist's Concept of Earth-Like Planets in the Future Universe|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1535a/ |publisher=ESA/Hubble|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>]]
The frequency of Earth-like planets in both the Milky Way and the larger universe is still unknown. It ranges from the extreme [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] estimates – one (i. e., Earth) – to innumerable.
Several current scientific studies, including the [[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler mission]], are aimed at refining estimates using real data from transiting planets. A 2008 study by astronomer Michael Meyer from the University of Arizona of [[cosmic dust]] near recently formed Sun-like stars suggests that between 20% and 60% of solar analogs have evidence for the formation of [[Terrestrial planet|rocky planets]], not unlike the processes that led to those of Earth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7249884.stm|title=Planet-hunters set for big bounty|date=17 February 2008 |first=Helen |last=Briggs |work=BBC News}}</ref> Meyer's team found discs of cosmic dust around stars and sees this as a byproduct of the formation of rocky planets.
In 2009, [[Alan Boss]] of the [[Carnegie Institution for Science]] speculated that there could be 100 billion terrestrial planets just in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name=cnn20090225>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/25/galaxy.planets.kepler/|title=Galaxy may be full of 'Earths,' alien life |work=CNN |first=A. |last=Pawlowski |date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>
In 2011 NASA's [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] (JPL), based on observations from the Kepler Mission suggested that between 1.4% and 2.7% of all Sun-like [[star]]s are expected to have Earth-size planets within the [[habitable zone]]s of their stars. This means there could be as many as two billion Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way [[galaxy]] alone, and assuming that all galaxies have number of such planets similar to the Milky Way, in the 50 billion galaxies in the [[observable universe]], there may be as many as a hundred [[quintillion]] Earth-like planets.<ref name="ChoiCQ">{{cite web |last1 = Choi |first1 = Charles Q. |url = http://www.space.com/11188-alien-earths-planets-sun-stars.html |title = New Estimate for Alien Earths: 2 Billion in Our Galaxy Alone |date = 21 March 2011 |work = [[Space.com]] |access-date = 2011-04-24 }}</ref> This would correspond to around 20 earth analogs per square centimeter of the Earth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100*10%5E18/surface+area+of+earth+in+cm|title=Wolfram{{!}}Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable|website=www.wolframalpha.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>
In 2013, a [[Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] using statistical analysis of additional Kepler data suggested that there are at least 17 billion Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way.<ref>[http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html 17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095334/http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html |date=October 6, 2014 }} SPACE.com 07 January 2013</ref> This, however, says nothing of their position in relation to the habitable zone.
A 2019 study determined that Earth-size planets may circle 1 in 6 Sun-like stars.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hsu|first1=Danley C.|last2=Ford|first2=Eric B.|last3=Ragozzine|first3=Darin|last4=Ashby|first4=Keir|date=2019-08-14|title=Occurrence Rates of Planets Orbiting FGK Stars: Combining Kepler DR25, Gaia DR2, and Bayesian Inference|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=158|issue=3|pages=109|doi=10.3847/1538-3881/ab31ab|issn=1538-3881|arxiv=1902.01417|bibcode=2019AJ....158..109H|s2cid=119466482 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Terraforming==
{{main|Terraforming}}
[[File:TerraformedVenus.jpg|thumb|220px|Artist's conception of a [[Terraforming of Venus|terraformed Venus]], a potential Earth analog]]
Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a [[planet]], [[natural satellite|moon]], or other body is the [[hypothesis|hypothetical]] process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, [[temperature]], surface [[topography]] or [[ecosystem]]s to be similar to those of [[Earth]] to make it [[planetary habitability|habitable]] to humans.
Due to proximity and similarity in size, Mars,<ref name="Requirements">{{cite web|url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/zubrin.htm| title=Technological Requirements for Terraforming Mars| author=Robert M. Zubrin (Pioneer Astronautics), Christopher P. McKay. [[NASA Ames Research Center]]|date=c. 1993}}</ref><ref name="aboutmyplanet.com">{{cite web |author=Mat Conway |url=http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/science-technology/now-were-there-terraforming-mars/ |title=Now We're There: Terraforming Mars |publisher=Aboutmyplanet.com |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723231654/http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/science-technology/now-were-there-terraforming-mars/ |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nexialquest.com/The%20Terraformation%20of%20Worlds.pdf| title=The Terraformation of Worlds| author=Peter Ahrens| publisher=Nexial Quest| access-date=2007-10-18| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609033202/http://www.nexialquest.com/The%20Terraformation%20of%20Worlds.pdf| archive-date=2019-06-09| url-status=dead}}</ref> and to a lesser extent Venus,<ref name="The Planet Venus">{{cite journal|journal=Science|date=1961|title=The Planet Venus|first=Carl|last=Sagan|doi=10.1126/science.133.3456.849|bibcode=1961Sci...133..849S|pmid=17789744|volume=133|issue=3456|pages=849–58}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization| url=https://archive.org/details/enteringspacecre00zubr| url-access=registration| date=1999| first=Robert| last=Zubrin| publisher=Penguin| isbn=9781585420360}}</ref><ref name="EPE">{{cite book|last=Fogg|first=Martyn J.|date=1995|title=Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments|publisher=SAE International, Warrendale, PA|isbn=1-56091-609-5}}</ref><ref name="Terraforming Venus Quickly">{{cite journal|journal=Journal of the British Interplanetary Society|date=1991|title=Terraforming Venus Quickly|first=Paul|last=Birch|volume=44|pages=157|bibcode=1991JBIS...44..157B|url=http://www.orionsarm.com/fm_store/TerraformingVenusQuickly.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Landis2003">{{cite journal|last=Landis|first=Geoffrey A.|date=Feb 2–6, 2003|title=Colonization of Venus|url=http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APCPCS000654000001001193000001|journal=Conference on Human Space Exploration, Space Technology & Applications International Forum, Albuquerque NM}}</ref> have been cited as the most likely candidates for terraforming.
== See also ==
* [[Planetary habitability]]
* [[Habitability of natural satellites]]
* [[Superhabitable planet]]
==References==
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{{Short description|Planet with environment similar to Earth's}}
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[[File:11214 2023 956 Fig1 HTML.webp|thumb|Evolutionary paths of Earth and [[Venus]]. Venus has been the prime example for a planet resembling Earth and how such a planet can differ.]]
An '''Earth analog''', also called an '''Earth analogue''', '''Earth twin''', or '''second Earth''', is a [[Exoplanet|planet]] or [[Exomoon|moon]] with environmental conditions similar to those found on [[Earth]]. The term '''Earth-like planet''' is also used, but this term may refer to any [[terrestrial planet]].
The possibility is of particular interest to [[Astrobiology|astrobiologists]] and [[astronomers]] under reasoning that the more similar a planet is to Earth, the more likely it is to be capable of sustaining complex [[extraterrestrial life]]. As such, it would has long been speculated and the subject expressed in [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[science fiction]] and [[popular culture]]. Advocates of [[space colonization]] and [[space and survival]] have long sought an Earth analog for settlement. In the far future, humans might artificially produce an Earth analog by [[terraforming]].
Before the scientific search for and study of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planets]], the possibility was argued through philosophy and science fiction. Philosophers have suggested that the size of the universe is such that a near-identical planet must exist somewhere. The [[mediocrity principle]] suggests that planets like Earth should be common in the [[Universe]], while the [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] suggests that they are extremely rare. The thousands of exoplanetary star systems discovered so far are profoundly different from the [[Solar System]], supporting the Rare Earth Hypothesis.
On 4 November 2013, astronomers reported, based on [[Kepler space telescope|Kepler space mission]] data, that there could be as many as 40 billion [[terrestrial planet|Earth-sized]] [[exoplanet|planets]] orbiting in the [[circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zones]] of [[Solar analog|Sun-like stars]] and [[red dwarf|red dwarf stars]] within the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]].<ref name="NYT-20131104">{{cite news |last = Overbye |first = Dennis |title = Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/cosmic-census-finds-billions-of-planets-that-could-be-like-earth.html |date = November 4, 2013 |work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date = November 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="PNAS-20131031">{{cite journal |last1=Petigura |first1=Erik A. |last2=Howard |first2=Andrew W. |last3=Marcy |first3=Geoffrey W. |title=Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=1 November 2013 |volume=110 |issue=48 |pages=19273–19278 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1319909110 |arxiv=1311.6806 |bibcode=2013PNAS..11019273P |pmid=24191033 |pmc=3845182|doi-access=free }}</ref> The nearest such planet could be expected to be within 12 light-years of the [[Earth]], statistically.<ref name="NYT-20131104" /><ref name="PNAS-20131031" /> In September 2020, astronomers identified 24 [[superhabitable planet|superhabitable planets]] (planets better than Earth) contenders, from among more than 4000 confirmed [[exoplanet]]s, based on [[Astrophysics|astrophysical parameters]], as well as the [[Life|natural history]] of [[Earliest known life forms|known life forms]] on the Earth.<ref name="AB-20200918">{{cite journal |last1=Schulze-Makuch |first1=Dirk |last2=Heller |first2=Rene |last3=Guinan |first3=Edward |title=In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World |date=18 September 2020 |journal=[[Astrobiology (journal)|Astrobiology]] |volume=20 |issue=12 |pages=1394–1404 |doi=10.1089/ast.2019.2161 |pmid=32955925 |pmc=7757576 |bibcode=2020AsBio..20.1394S |doi-access=free }}</ref>
On 11 January 2023, NASA scientists reported the detection of [[LHS 475 b]], an Earth-like exoplanet — and the first [[exoplanet]] discovered by the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].<ref name="NBC-20230111" />
[[File:Exoplaneta habitable.jpg|alt=Artist's representation of a hypothetical habitable exoplanet with three natural satellites|thumb|Artist's representation of a hypothetical habitable exoplanet with three natural satellites]]
Scientific findings since the 1990s have greatly influenced the scope of the fields of [[astrobiology]], models of [[planetary habitability]] and the [[search for extraterrestrial intelligence]] (SETI).
==History==
[[File:Lowell Mars channels.jpg|thumb|[[Percival Lowell]] depicted Mars as a dry but Earth-like planet and habitable for an extraterrestrial civilisation]]
[[File:Titan dunes crop.png|thumb|upright|Sand dunes in the [[Namib Desert]] on Earth (top), compared with dunes in Belet on Titan]]
Between 1858 and 1920, Mars was thought by many, including some scientists, to be very similar to Earth, only drier with a thick atmosphere, similar axial tilt, orbit and seasons as well as a [[Martian]] civilization that had built great [[Martian canals]]. These theories were advanced by [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], [[Percival Lowell]] and others. As such [[Mars in fiction]] portrayed the red planet as similar to Earth's deserts. Images and data from the [[Mariner program|Mariner]] (1965) and [[Viking program|Viking space probes]] (1975–1980), however, revealed the planet as a barren cratered world.<ref name="O'Gallagher">{{Cite journal| title=Search for Trapped Electrons and a Magnetic Moment at Mars by Mariner IV |last=O'Gallagher| first=J.J.|author2=Simpson, J.A.| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1233–1239| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1233| pmid=17747452| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1233O|s2cid=21249845}}</ref><ref name="Smith">{{Cite journal| title=Magnetic Field Measurements Near Mars| last=Smith| first=Edward J.| author2=Davis Jr., Leverett| author3=Coleman Jr., Paul J.| author4=Jones, Douglas E.| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1241–1242| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1241| pmid=17747454| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1241S| s2cid=43466009}}</ref><ref name="Leighton">{{Cite journal| title=Mariner IV Photography of Mars: Initial Results| last=Leighton| first=Robert B.|author2=Murray, Bruce C. |author3=Sharp, Robert P. |author4=Allen, J. Denton |author5= Sloan, Richard K. |journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3684| date=August 6, 1965| pages=627–630| doi=10.1126/science.149.3684.627| pmid=17747569| bibcode=1965Sci...149..627L| s2cid=43407530}}</ref><ref name="Kliore">{{Cite journal| title=Occultation Experiment: Results of the First Direct Measurement of Mars's Atmosphere and Ionosphere| last=Kliore| first=Arvydas| author2=Cain, Dan L. |author3=Levy, Gerald S. |author4=Eshleman, Von R. |author5=Fjeldbo, Gunnar |author6= Drake, Frank D. |journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=149| issue=3689| date=September 10, 1965| pages=1243–1248| doi=10.1126/science.149.3689.1243| pmid=17747455| bibcode=1965Sci...149.1243K| s2cid=34369864}}</ref><ref name="Salisbury">{{Cite journal| title=Martian Biology| last=Salisbury| first=Frank B.| date=April 6, 1962| journal=Science |series=New Series| volume=136| issue=3510| pages=17–26| doi=10.1126/science.136.3510.17| pmid=17779780| bibcode=1962Sci...136...17S| s2cid=39512870}}</ref><ref name="Kilston">{{Cite journal| title=A Search for Life on Earth at Kilometer Resolution| last=Kilston| first=Steven D.| author2=Drummond, Robert R. |author3=Sagan, Carl |date=1966| journal=Icarus| volume=5| issue=1–6| pages=79–98| doi=10.1016/0019-1035(66)90010-8| bibcode=1966Icar....5...79K}}</ref> However, with continuing discoveries, other Earth comparisons remained. For example, the [[Mars Ocean Hypothesis]] had its origins in the Viking missions and was popularised during the 1980s.<ref>[http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/mars-ocean-hypothesis-hits-the-shore/ NASA – Mars Ocean Hypothesis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220081803/http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/articles/mars-ocean-hypothesis-hits-the-shore/ |date=2012-02-20 }}</ref> With the possibility of past water, there was the possibility that life could have begun on Mars, and it was once again perceived to be more Earth-like.
Likewise, until the 1960s, [[Venus]] was believed by many, including some scientists, to be a warmer version of Earth with a thick atmosphere and either hot and dusty or humid with water clouds and oceans.<ref name='Venus Hashimoto'>{{cite journal |author = Hashimoto, G. L. |author2 = Roos-Serote, M. |author3 = Sugita, S. |author4 = Gilmore, M. S. |author5 = Kamp, L. W. |author6 = Carlson, R. W. |author7 = Baines, K. H. |title = Felsic highland crust on Venus suggested by Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer data |journal = Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |date = 2008 |volume = 113 |issue = E9 |doi = 10.1029/2008JE003134 |pages = E00B24 |bibcode = 2008JGRE..113.0B24H |doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Venus in fiction]] was often portrayed as having similarities to Earth and many speculated about [[Venusians|Venusian]] civilization. These beliefs were dispelled in the 1960s as the first space probes gathered more accurate scientific data on the planet and found that Venus is a very hot world with the surface temperature around {{convert|462|C|F}}<ref name="webcitation.org">{{Cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html |title=Venus Fact Sheet |access-date=2016-03-10 |archive-date=2016-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308174416/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> under an acidic atmosphere with a surface pressure of {{cvt|9.2|MPa}}.<ref name="webcitation.org"/>
From 2004, ''[[Cassini–Huygens]]'' began to reveal Saturn's moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] to be one of the most Earth-like worlds outside of the habitable zone. Though having a dramatically different chemical makeup, discoveries such as the confirmation of [[Lakes of Titan|Titanian lakes]], rivers and fluvial processes in 2007, advanced comparisons to Earth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060721202957.htm |title=Cassini Reveals Titan's Xanadu Region To Be An Earth-Like Land |date=July 23, 2006 |publisher=Science Daily |access-date=2007-08-27 }}</ref><ref name="Seeing_Touching_Titan-ESA">{{cite news |url=http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMHB881Y3E_0.html |title=Seeing, touching and smelling the extraordinarily Earth-like world of Titan |publisher=ESA News, European Space Agency |date=January 21, 2005 |access-date=2005-03-28 }}</ref> Further observations, including weather phenomena, have aided the understanding of geological processes that may operate on Earth-like planets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=731 |title=Cassini-Huygens: News |publisher=Saturn.jpl.nasa.gov |access-date=2011-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508224740/http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=731 |archive-date=2008-05-08 }}</ref>
The [[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler space telescope]] began observing the transits of potential terrestrial planets in the habitable zone from 2011.<ref name="NASA20111205_2011_373">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-99AR.html|title=NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star|work=NASA Press Release|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-date=16 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516021137/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-99AR.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="spacecomkepler22b">{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/24128-kepler-22b.html|title=Kepler-22b: Facts About Exoplanet in Habitable Zone|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Howell |date=November 15, 2017 |website=Space.com|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822162726/https://www.space.com/24128-kepler-22b.html|archive-date=2019-08-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Though the technology provided a more effective means for detecting and confirming planets, it was unable to conclude definitively how Earth-like the candidate planets actually are.<ref name="PetiguraHoward2013">{{cite journal|last1=Petigura|first1=E. A.|last2=Howard|first2=A. W.|last3=Marcy|first3=G. W.|title=Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=110|issue=48|year=2013|pages=19273–19278|issn=0027-8424|doi=10.1073/pnas.1319909110|arxiv = 1311.6806 |bibcode = 2013PNAS..11019273P|pmid=24191033|pmc=3845182|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 2013, several Kepler candidates less than 1.5 Earth radii were confirmed orbiting in the habitable zone of stars. It was not until 2015 that the first near-Earth sized candidate orbiting a solar candidate, [[Kepler-452b]], was announced.<ref name=Jenkins2015>{{cite journal|last1=Jenkins|first1=Jon M.|last2=Twicken|first2=Joseph D.|last3=Batalha|first3=Natalie M.|last4=Caldwell|first4=Douglas A.|last5=Cochran|first5=William D.|last6=Endl|first6=Michael|last7=Latham|first7=David W.|last8=Esquerdo|first8=Gilbert A.|last9=Seader|first9=Shawn|last10=Bieryla|first10=Allyson|last11=Petigura|first11=Erik|last12=Ciardi|first12=David R.|last13=Marcy|first13=Geoffrey W.|last14=Isaacson|first14=Howard|last15=Huber|first15=Daniel|last16=Rowe|first16=Jason F.|last17=Torres|first17=Guillermo|last18=Bryson|first18=Stephen T.|last19=Buchhave|first19=Lars|last20=Ramirez|first20=Ivan|last21=Wolfgang|first21=Angie|last22=Li|first22=Jie|last23=Campbell|first23=Jennifer R.|last24=Tenenbaum|first24=Peter|last25=Sanderfer|first25=Dwight|last26=Henze|first26=Christopher E.|last27=Catanzarite|first27=Joseph H.|last28=Gilliland|first28=Ronald L.|last29=Borucki|first29=William J. |display-authors=3 |title=Discovery and Validation of Kepler-452b: A 1.6 R⨁ Super Earth Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone of a G2 Star|journal=The Astronomical Journal|date=23 July 2015|volume=150|issue=2|page=56|issn=1538-3881|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/150/2/56|arxiv = 1507.06723 |bibcode = 2015AJ....150...56J |s2cid=26447864}}</ref><ref name="bno">{{cite web |url=http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id961 |title=NASA telescope discovers Earth-like planet in star's 'habitable zone |date=23 July 2015 |work=[[BNO News]] |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042706/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id961 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 11 January 2023, NASA scientists reported the detection of [[LHS 475 b]], an Earth-like exoplanet - and the first [[exoplanet]] discovered by the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].<ref name="NBC-20230111">{{cite news |last=Chow |first=Denise |title=James Webb Telescope finds its first exoplanet - The planet is almost the same size as Earth, according to a research team led by astronomers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/james-webb-telescope-finds-first-exoplanet-rcna65374 |date=11 January 2023 |work=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=12 January 2023 }}</ref>
==Attributes and criteria==
The probability of finding an Earth analog depends mostly on the attributes that are expected to be similar, and these vary greatly. Generally it is considered that it would be a [[terrestrial planet]] and there have been several scientific studies aimed at finding such planets. Often implied but not limited to are such criteria as planet size, surface gravity, star size and type (i.e. [[Solar analog]]), orbital distance and stability, axial tilt and rotation, similar [[geography]], [[ocean]]s, [[air]] and [[weather]] conditions, strong [[magnetosphere]] and even the presence of Earth-like complex [[life]]. If there is complex life, there could be some [[forest]]s covering much of the land. If there is intelligent life, some parts of land could be covered in [[city|cities]]. Some factors that are assumed of such a planet may be unlikely due to Earth's own history. For instance, the Earth's atmosphere was not always oxygen-rich and this is a [[biosignature]] from the emergence of [[photosynthetic]] life. The formation, presence, influence on these characteristics of the [[Moon]] (such as [[tidal forces]]) may also pose a problem in finding an Earth analog.
The process of determining Earth analogs often involves reconciling several registers of [[uncertainty quantification]]. As anthropologist [[Vincent Ialenti]]'s work on the [[epistemology]] of analogical reasoning has shown,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep Time Reckoning |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539265/deep-time-reckoning/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=MIT Press |language=en-US}}</ref> some planetary scientists are "more comfortable making the leap of faith to bridge time and space and pull together two disparate objects" than others are.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maughan |first=Philip |date=2023-01-12 |title=Searching Earth For Alien Worlds |url=https://www.noemamag.com/searching-earth-for-alien-worlds |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Size===
[[File:Kepler 20 - planet lineup.jpg|thumb|300px|Size Comparisons: [[Kepler-20e]]<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220"/> and [[Kepler-20f]]<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220"/> with [[Venus]] and [[Earth]]]]
Size is often thought to be a significant factor, as planets of Earth's size are thought more likely to be terrestrial in nature and be capable of retaining an Earth-like atmosphere.<ref name="ErkaevLammer2014">{{cite journal| last1=Erkaev| first1=N.V.|last2=Lammer| first2=H.|last3=Elkins-Tanton| first3=L.T.| last4=Stökl| first4=A.| last5=Odert| first5=P.| last6=Marcq| first6=E.| last7=Dorfi| first7=E.A.| last8=Kislyakova| first8=K.G.| last9=Kulikov| first9=Yu.N.| last10=Leitzinger| first10=M.| last11=Güdel| first11=M.| title=Escape of the martian protoatmosphere and initial water inventory| journal=Planetary and Space Science| volume=98| date=2014| pages=106–119| issn=0032-0633| doi=10.1016/j.pss.2013.09.008| pmid=25843981| pmc=4375622|arxiv = 1308.0190 |bibcode = 2014P&SS...98..106E }}</ref>
The list includes planets within the range of 0.8–1.9 Earth masses, below which are generally classed as [[sub-Earth]] and above classed as [[super-Earth]]. In addition, only planets known to fall within the range of 0.5–2.0 Earth radius (between half and twice the radius of the Earth) are included.
According to the size criteria, the closest planetary mass objects by known radius or mass are:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Earth masses ({{Earth mass}})
! Earth radii ({{Earth radius}})
! Note
|-
| [[Kepler-69c]] || 0.98 || 1.7 || Originally thought to be in the [[circumstellar habitable zone]] (CHZ), now thought to be too hot.
|-
| [[Kepler-9d]] || >1.5<ref name="Torres2011">{{cite journal |last1 = Torres |first1 = Guillermo |last2 = Fressin |first2 = François |date = 2011 |title = Modeling Kepler transit light curves as false positives: Rejection of blend scenarios for Kepler-9, and validation of Kepler-9d, a super-Earth-size planet in a multiple system |journal = Astrophysical Journal |volume = 727 |issue = 24 |pages = 24 |doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/727/1/24 |bibcode = 2011ApJ...727...24T |arxiv = 1008.4393 |s2cid = 6358297 }}</ref> || 1.64 || rowspan="2" | Extremely hot.
|-
| [[CoRoT-7b]] || <9 || 1.58
|-
| [[Kepler-20f]] || < 14.3<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220">{{cite web |author = NASA Staff |author-link = NASA |title = Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets – Kepler-20f |url = http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20f/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310195733/http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20f/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 10 March 2012 |date = 20 December 2011 |publisher = [[NASA]] |access-date = 2011-12-23 }}</ref> || 1.03<ref name="Kepler20f-20111220" /> || Slightly larger and likely more massive, far too hot to be Earth-like.
|-
| [[Tau Ceti b]] || 2 || || Extremely hot. Not known to transit.
|-
| [[Kepler-186f]] || || 1.1<ref name="NASA-20140417">{{cite web |last1 = Johnson |first1 = Michele |last2 = Harrington |first2 = J.D. |title = NASA's Kepler Discovers First Earth-Size Planet In The 'Habitable Zone' of Another Star |url = http://www.nasa.gov/ames/kepler/nasas-kepler-discovers-first-earth-size-planet-in-the-habitable-zone-of-another-star |date = 17 April 2014 |work = [[NASA]] |access-date = 17 April 2014 }}</ref> || Orbits in the habitable zone.
|-
| ''[[Earth]]'' || 1 || 1 || Orbits in [[Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone]].
|-
| [[Venus]] || 0.815 || 0.949 || Much hotter.
|-
| [[Kepler-20e]] || < 3.08<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220">{{cite web |author = NASA Staff |author-link = NASA |title = Kepler: A Search For Habitable Planets – Kepler-20e |url = http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20e/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310175648/http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler20e/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 10 March 2012 |date = 20 December 2011 |publisher = [[NASA]] |access-date = 2011-12-23 }}</ref> || 0.87<ref name="Kepler20e-20111220" /> || Too hot to be Earth-like.
|-
| [[Proxima Centauri b]] || >1.27 || >1.1 || Closest exoplanet to Earth.
|}
This comparison indicates that size alone is a poor measure, particularly in terms of [[Habitable zone|habitability]]. Temperature must also be considered as Venus and the planets of Alpha Centauri B (discovered in 2012), [[Kepler-20]] (discovered in 2011<ref name="NASA-20111220">{{cite web |last = Johnson |first = Michele |title = NASA Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System |url = http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-20-system.html |publisher = [[NASA]] |date = 20 December 2011 |access-date = 2011-12-20 |archive-date = 4 May 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504012546/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-20-system.html |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Nature-20111220">{{cite journal |last = Hand |first = Eric |title = Kepler discovers first Earth-sized exoplanets |doi = 10.1038/nature.2011.9688 |date = 20 December 2011 |journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |s2cid = 122575277 }}</ref>), COROT-7 (discovered in 2009) and the three planets of Kepler-42 (all discovered in 2011) are very hot, and [[Mars]], [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]] and [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] are frigid worlds, resulting also in wide variety of surface and atmospheric conditions. The masses of the [[Natural satellite|Solar System's moons]] are a tiny fraction of that of Earth whereas the masses of [[extrasolar planets]] are very difficult to accurately measure. However discoveries of Earth-sized [[terrestrial planet]]s are important as they may indicate the probable frequency and distribution of Earth-like planets.
=== Terrestrial ===
[[File:Huygens surface color.jpg|thumb|upright|Surfaces like this of Saturn's moon Titan (taken by [[Huygens probe]]) bear superficial similarities to the floodplains of Earth]]
Another criterion often cited is that an Earth analog must be terrestrial, that is, it should possess a similar surface geology—a [[planetary surface]] composed of similar surface materials. The closest known examples are Mars and Titan and while there are similarities in their types of landforms and surface compositions, there are also significant differences such as the temperature and quantities of ice.
Many of Earth's surface materials and landforms are formed as a result of interaction with water (such as clay and [[sedimentary rock]]s) or as a byproduct of life (such as limestone or coal), interaction with the atmosphere, volcanically or artificially. A true Earth analog therefore might need to have formed through similar processes, having possessed an atmosphere, volcanic interactions with the surface, past or present liquid water and [[life forms]].
===Temperature===
There are several factors that can determine planetary temperatures and therefore several measures that can draw comparisons to that of the Earth in planets where atmospheric conditions are unknown.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} [[Equilibrium temperature]] is used for planets without atmospheres. With atmosphere, a [[greenhouse effect]] is assumed. Finally, surface temperature is used. Each of these temperatures is affected by climate, which is influenced by the orbit and rotation (or tidal locking) of the planet, each of which introduces further variables.
Below is a comparison of the confirmed planets with the closest known temperatures to Earth.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:#fbb;"| Temperature comparisons
| [[Venus]]
| [[Earth]]
| [[Kepler-22b]]
| [[Mars]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Global [[Planetary equilibrium temperature|equilibrium temperature]] || 307 K<br>34 °C<br>93 °F || 255 K<br>−18 °C<br>−0.4 °F || 262 K<br>−11 °C<br>22.2 °F || 206 K<br>−67 °C<br>−88.6 °F
|-style="text-align:center;"
| + [[Greenhouse gas]] effect || 737 K<br>464 °C<br>867 °F || 288 K<br>15 °C<br>59 °F || 295 K<br>22 °C<br>71.6 °F || 210 K<br>−63 °C<br>−81 °F
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tidally locked<ref>To stellar primary</ref>|| Almost || No || rowspan="2" | Unknown || No
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Global [[Bond albedo]] || 0.9 || 0.29 || 0.25
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| Refs.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url = http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040123051850/http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2004-01-23 |title = NASA, Mars: Facts & Figures |access-date = 2010-01-28 }}</ref><ref Name="MallamaVenus">{{cite journal |author = Mallama, A. |author2 = Wang, D. |author3 = Howard, R.A. |title = Venus phase function and forward scattering from H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> |journal = Icarus |volume = 182 |issue = 1 |pages = 10–22 |date = 2006 |doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.014 |bibcode = 2006Icar..182...10M }}</ref><ref Name="MallamaMars">{{cite journal |author = Mallama, A. |title = The magnitude and albedo of Mars |journal = Icarus |volume = 192 |issue = 2 |pages = 404–416 |date = 2007 |doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.011 |bibcode = 2007Icar..192..404M }}</ref>
|}
===Solar analog===
{{main|Solar analog}}
Another criterion of an ideal life-harboring earth analog is that it should orbit a [[solar analog]]; that is, a star much like the Sun. However, this criterion may not be entirely valid as many different types of stars can provide a local environment hospitable to life. For example, in the [[Milky Way]], most stars are smaller and dimmer than the Sun. One such star, [[TRAPPIST-1]], is located 12 [[parsecs]] (39 light years) away and is roughly 10 times smaller and 2,000 times dimmer than the Sun, yet it harbors at least six Earth-like planets in its [[Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone]]. While these conditions may seem unfavorable to known life, [[TRAPPIST-1]] is expected to continue burning for 12 trillion years (compared to the Suns remaining 5 billion year lifetime) which is time enough for life to arise by [[abiogenesis]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Snellen |first1=Ignas A. G. |title=Earth's seven sisters |journal=Nature |date=February 2017 |volume=542 |issue=7642 |pages=421–422 |doi=10.1038/542421a |pmid=28230129 |doi-access=free |hdl=1887/75076 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> For comparison, [[Earliest known life forms|life evolved on Earth]] in a mere one billion years.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
===Surface water and hydrological cycle===
[[File:Eckert4.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Water covers 70% of Earth's surface and is required by all known life]]
[[File:Kepler-22 diagram.jpg|thumb|[[Kepler-22b]], located in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star may be the best exoplanetary candidate for extraterrestrial surface water discovered to date, but is significantly larger than Earth and its actual composition is unknown]]
{{main|Habitable zone}}
The concept of the habitable zone (or Liquid Water Zone) defining a region where water can exist on the surface, is based on the properties of both the Earth and Sun. Under this model, Earth orbits roughly at the centre of this zone or in the "Goldilocks" position. Earth is the only planet currently confirmed to possess large bodies of surface water. Venus is on the hot side of the zone while Mars is on the cold side. Neither are known to have persistent surface water, though evidence exists that Mars did have in its ancient past,<ref>Cabrol, N. and E. Grin (eds.). 2010. Lakes on Mars. Elsevier. NY</ref><ref name=Clifford>{{cite journal | last1 = Clifford | first1 = S. M. | last2 = Parker | first2 = T. J. | year = 2001 | title = The Evolution of the Martian Hydrosphere: Implications for the Fate of a Primordial Ocean and the Current State of the Northern Plains | journal = Icarus | volume = 154 | issue = 1| pages = 40–79 | doi=10.1006/icar.2001.6671 | bibcode=2001Icar..154...40C}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Villanueva | first1 = G. | last2 = Mumma | first2 = M. | last3 = Novak | first3 = R. | last4 = Käufl | first4 = H. | last5 = Hartogh | first5 = P. | last6 = Encrenaz | first6 = T.|author6-link=Thérèse Encrenaz | last7 = Tokunaga | first7 = A. | last8 = Khayat | first8 = A. | last9 = Smith | first9 = M. | year = 2015 | title = Strong water isotopic anomalies in the martian atmosphere: Probing current and ancient reservoirs | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1231265| journal = Science | volume = 348| issue = 6231| pages = 218–221| doi = 10.1126/science.aaa3630 | pmid=25745065|bibcode = 2015Sci...348..218V | s2cid = 206633960 }}</ref> and it is speculated that the same was the case for Venus.<ref name='Venus Hashimoto'/> Thus extrasolar planets (or moons) in the Goldilocks position with substantial atmospheres may possess oceans and water clouds like those on Earth. In addition to surface water, a true Earth analog would require a mix of oceans or lakes and areas not covered by water, or ''land''.
Some argue that a true Earth analog must not only have a similar position of its planetary system but also orbit a solar analog and have a near circular orbit such that it remains continuously habitable like Earth.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}
==Extrasolar Earth analog==
{{See also|List of potentially habitable exoplanets}}
The [[mediocrity principle]] suggests that there is a chance that serendipitous events may have allowed an Earth-like planet to form elsewhere that would allow the emergence of complex, multi-cellular life. In contrast, the [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] asserts that if the strictest criteria are applied, such a planet, if it exists, may be so far away that humans may never locate it.
Because the [[Solar System]] proved to be devoid of an Earth analog, the search has widened to [[extrasolar planet]]s. Astrobiologists assert that Earth analogs would most likely be found in a stellar [[habitable zone]], in which liquid water could exist, providing the conditions for supporting life. Some astrobiologists, such as [[Dirk Schulze-Makuch]], estimated that a sufficiently massive [[natural satellite]] may form a [[habitable moon]] similar to Earth.
===History===
====Estimated frequency====
[[File:Artist's Concept of Earth-Like Planets in the Future Universe.jpg|thumb|Artist's concept of Earth-like planets<ref>{{cite web|title=Artist's Concept of Earth-Like Planets in the Future Universe|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1535a/ |publisher=ESA/Hubble|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>]]
The frequency of Earth-like planets in both the Milky Way and the larger universe is still unknown. It ranges from the extreme [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] estimates – one (i. e., Earth) – to innumerable.
Several current scientific studies, including the [[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler mission]], are aimed at refining estimates using real data from transiting planets. A 2008 study by astronomer Michael Meyer from the University of Arizona of [[cosmic dust]] near recently formed Sun-like stars suggests that between 20% and 60% of solar analogs have evidence for the formation of [[Terrestrial planet|rocky planets]], not unlike the processes that led to those of Earth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7249884.stm|title=Planet-hunters set for big bounty|date=17 February 2008 |first=Helen |last=Briggs |work=BBC News}}</ref> Meyer's team found discs of cosmic dust around stars and sees this as a byproduct of the formation of rocky planets.
In 2009, [[Alan Boss]] of the [[Carnegie Institution for Science]] speculated that there could be 100 billion terrestrial planets just in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name=cnn20090225>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/25/galaxy.planets.kepler/|title=Galaxy may be full of 'Earths,' alien life |work=CNN |first=A. |last=Pawlowski |date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>
In 2011 NASA's [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] (JPL), based on observations from the Kepler Mission suggested that between 1.4% and 2.7% of all Sun-like [[star]]s are expected to have Earth-size planets within the [[habitable zone]]s of their stars. This means there could be as many as two billion Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way [[galaxy]] alone, and assuming that all galaxies have number of such planets similar to the Milky Way, in the 50 billion galaxies in the [[observable universe]], there may be as many as a hundred [[quintillion]] Earth-like planets.<ref name="ChoiCQ">{{cite web |last1 = Choi |first1 = Charles Q. |url = http://www.space.com/11188-alien-earths-planets-sun-stars.html |title = New Estimate for Alien Earths: 2 Billion in Our Galaxy Alone |date = 21 March 2011 |work = [[Space.com]] |access-date = 2011-04-24 }}</ref> This would correspond to around 20 earth analogs per square centimeter of the Earth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100*10%5E18/surface+area+of+earth+in+cm|title=Wolfram{{!}}Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable|website=www.wolframalpha.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>
In 2013, a [[Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] using statistical analysis of additional Kepler data suggested that there are at least 17 billion Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way.<ref>[http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html 17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095334/http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html |date=October 6, 2014 }} SPACE.com 07 January 2013</ref> This, however, says nothing of their position in relation to the habitable zone.
A 2019 study determined that Earth-size planets may circle 1 in 6 Sun-like stars.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hsu|first1=Danley C.|last2=Ford|first2=Eric B.|last3=Ragozzine|first3=Darin|last4=Ashby|first4=Keir|date=2019-08-14|title=Occurrence Rates of Planets Orbiting FGK Stars: Combining Kepler DR25, Gaia DR2, and Bayesian Inference|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=158|issue=3|pages=109|doi=10.3847/1538-3881/ab31ab|issn=1538-3881|arxiv=1902.01417|bibcode=2019AJ....158..109H|s2cid=119466482 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Terraforming==
{{main|Terraforming}}
[[File:TerraformedVenus.jpg|thumb|220px|Artist's conception of a [[Terraforming of Venus|terraformed Venus]], a potential Earth analog]]
Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a [[planet]], [[natural satellite|moon]], or other body is the [[hypothesis|hypothetical]] process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, [[temperature]], surface [[topography]] or [[ecosystem]]s to be similar to those of [[Earth]] to make it [[planetary habitability|habitable]] to humans.
Due to proximity and similarity in size, Mars,<ref name="Requirements">{{cite web|url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/zubrin.htm| title=Technological Requirements for Terraforming Mars| author=Robert M. Zubrin (Pioneer Astronautics), Christopher P. McKay. [[NASA Ames Research Center]]|date=c. 1993}}</ref><ref name="aboutmyplanet.com">{{cite web |author=Mat Conway |url=http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/science-technology/now-were-there-terraforming-mars/ |title=Now We're There: Terraforming Mars |publisher=Aboutmyplanet.com |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723231654/http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/science-technology/now-were-there-terraforming-mars/ |archive-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nexialquest.com/The%20Terraformation%20of%20Worlds.pdf| title=The Terraformation of Worlds| author=Peter Ahrens| publisher=Nexial Quest| access-date=2007-10-18| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609033202/http://www.nexialquest.com/The%20Terraformation%20of%20Worlds.pdf| archive-date=2019-06-09| url-status=dead}}</ref> and to a lesser extent Venus,<ref name="The Planet Venus">{{cite journal|journal=Science|date=1961|title=The Planet Venus|first=Carl|last=Sagan|doi=10.1126/science.133.3456.849|bibcode=1961Sci...133..849S|pmid=17789744|volume=133|issue=3456|pages=849–58}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization| url=https://archive.org/details/enteringspacecre00zubr| url-access=registration| date=1999| first=Robert| last=Zubrin| publisher=Penguin| isbn=9781585420360}}</ref><ref name="EPE">{{cite book|last=Fogg|first=Martyn J.|date=1995|title=Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments|publisher=SAE International, Warrendale, PA|isbn=1-56091-609-5}}</ref><ref name="Terraforming Venus Quickly">{{cite journal|journal=Journal of the British Interplanetary Society|date=1991|title=Terraforming Venus Quickly|first=Paul|last=Birch|volume=44|pages=157|bibcode=1991JBIS...44..157B|url=http://www.orionsarm.com/fm_store/TerraformingVenusQuickly.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Landis2003">{{cite journal|last=Landis|first=Geoffrey A.|date=Feb 2–6, 2003|title=Colonization of Venus|url=http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APCPCS000654000001001193000001|journal=Conference on Human Space Exploration, Space Technology & Applications International Forum, Albuquerque NM}}</ref> have been cited as the most likely candidates for terraforming.
== See also ==
* [[Planetary habitability]]
* [[Habitability of natural satellites]]
* [[Superhabitable planet]]
==References==
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[[File:11214 2023 956 Fig1 HTML.webp|thumb|Evolutionary paths of Earth and [[Venus]]. Venus has been the prime example for a planet resembling Earth and how such a planet can differ.]]
An '''Earth analog''', also called an '''Earth analogue''', '''Earth twin''', or '''second Earth''', is a [[Exoplanet|planet]] or [[Exomoon|moon]] with environmental conditions similar to those found on [[Earth]]. The term '''Earth-like planet''' is also used, but this term may refer to any [[terrestrial planet]].
-The possibility is of particular interest to [[Astrobiology|astrobiologists]] and [[astronomers]] under reasoning that the more similar a planet is to Earth, the more likely it is to be capable of sustaining complex [[extraterrestrial life]]. As such, it has long been speculated and the subject expressed in [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[science fiction]] and [[popular culture]]. Advocates of [[space colonization]] and [[space and survival]] have long sought an Earth analog for settlement. In the far future, humans might artificially produce an Earth analog by [[terraforming]].
+The possibility is of particular interest to [[Astrobiology|astrobiologists]] and [[astronomers]] under reasoning that the more similar a planet is to Earth, the more likely it is to be capable of sustaining complex [[extraterrestrial life]]. As such, it would has long been speculated and the subject expressed in [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[science fiction]] and [[popular culture]]. Advocates of [[space colonization]] and [[space and survival]] have long sought an Earth analog for settlement. In the far future, humans might artificially produce an Earth analog by [[terraforming]].
Before the scientific search for and study of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planets]], the possibility was argued through philosophy and science fiction. Philosophers have suggested that the size of the universe is such that a near-identical planet must exist somewhere. The [[mediocrity principle]] suggests that planets like Earth should be common in the [[Universe]], while the [[Rare Earth hypothesis]] suggests that they are extremely rare. The thousands of exoplanetary star systems discovered so far are profoundly different from the [[Solar System]], supporting the Rare Earth Hypothesis.
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