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TOI 700 e
Discovered in 2023, TOI 700 e is terrestrial exoplanet that NASA claims to be an "earth-like" planet. Discovered by NASA's TESS (Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite), TOI 700 e has mass of about 0.818 Earths and takes 27.8 days to orbit once around its star. The planet is in a habitable zone distance from the M-type star TOI 700 it orbits, leading NASA scientists to believe that there is potential for liquid water on its surface. Ten percent smaller than its neighboring planet TOI 700 d, both are at a distance from their sun to be considered habitable, however, TESS requires an additional year to acquire more data about the exoplanets. Being one in only about a dozen habitable zone planets known, further research and data collection of the TOI 700 solar system is important for understanding Earth-like planets.