# Okay, You Can't Tell Me These Guy's Aren't Fans of SimEarth

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-cant-tell-me-these-guys-arent-fans-of-simearth/297915/1 "2005-04-05T21:25:47Z")

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[Computer models show the possibility of Earth-type worlds around other stars.](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050405_earth_like.html)

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> New computer simulations of known extrasolar planetary systems suggest about half of them could harbor an Earth-like world, mathematically speaking.
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> All of the known planets orbiting other Sun-like stars – there are at least 130 – are very massive, most similar in heft to Jupiter. Earth-sized planets, if any exist, can’t be found with present technology (with the exception of a handful discovered around a dying star). But several models by different groups have shown rocky planets about the size of Earth could exist in known systems where a giant planet orbits a Sun-like star.