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Asked by Steffi to Stephen, Phil, Lucy on 6 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by trstailaya.
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Stephen Pulker answered on 6 Mar 2017:
Saturn! I think it would be amazing to see the rings up close. An Saturn has a couple of the most interesting moons in the Solar System too so I could hunt for life whilst I was there (Titan, a moon bigger than Mercury and the only object in space other than Earth where clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found; Enceladus, a big snowball with subsurface oceans and tectonic activity).
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Lucy Kissick answered on 9 Mar 2017:
Since you didn’t say ‘in the Solar System’ I’m going to go really, really out there and say I’d want to visit Trappist-1E! Trappist-1 is the solar system discovered a few weeks ago that is 39 light years away. It has seven known planets all closely orbiting its star, and planet E (the fourth from the sun) is smack in the zone that should have liquid water. It’s also slightly less than Earth’s size, so gravity would be nice and bouncier. I’d go for a scientific expedition with a team of everyone from geologists to biologists to climatologists, and we could figure out the planet’s history together.
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Phil Sutton answered on 9 Mar 2017:
Along the same lines as what my favourite planets is:
I would go for Saturn as my favourite planet in the solar system. I find the rings fascinating and to be up close to this planet would be an incredible experience. For my research I use the rings to learn how the planets and moons might have formed so it is a great astrophysical laboratory.
There are a few other planets around other stars that are very exciting we have recently discovered. If you get the chance have a look at these planets, Kepler-16b (orbiting two stars) and HD 131399Ab (orbiting three stars) and These are real life sci-fi worlds that are orbiting multiple stars. Imagine what life would be like on a planet with multiple Suns!
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