Rocky exoplanet by Kepler

Ahoy, shipmates!

The NASA Kepler satellite has found a rocky exoplanet in about same size scale as our Earth, as reported by the BBC and the NASA:

Rocky exoplanet milestone in hunt for Earth-like worlds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12158028

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=94

Was hovering a bit, whether this thread would belong into the SETI@home Science forum. However, the new finding seems to be a bit in the warm side, so this Science (non-SETI) will have to do. But isn’t it a borderline case indeed?

Regards

PK
Finland