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 | Subject: COROT-Exo-7 b  Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:31 am | |
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- COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The amazing planet is less than twice the size of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star. Its temperature is so high that it is possibly covered in lava or water vapour.
Read more COROT-Exo-7 b is not confirmed to be the smallest in mass discovered. COROT-Exo-7b has a diameter that is between 1.75 and 2 times that of the Earth, and orbits its star once every 20 hours. Its mass is less than 11 Earth masses. The planet is about 455 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. http://exoplanet.eu/planet.php?p1=CoRoT-Exo-7&p2=bhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COROT-Exo-7b | |
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