Astronomers Unveil Portrait Of 'exotic Super-Earth:' Densest Known Rocky Planet

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Astronomers Unveil Portrait of 'Exotic Super-Earth:' Densest Known Rocky Planet

 

Family portraits of two planetary systems: A simulation of the silhouette of planet 55 Cancri e passing in front of ("transiting") its parent star, compared to the Earth and Jupiter transiting our Sun, as seen from outside the Solar System. The MOST space telescope detected the tiny dip in starlight caused when the super-Earth planet blocked a small portion of the disk of the star 55 Cancri A, which is nearly a twin to the Sun. (Credit: Jason Rowe, NASA Ames and SETI Institute and Prof. Jaymie Matthews, UBC)

 

ScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2011) — An international team of astronomers have revealed details of a "super-exotic" exoplanet that would make the planet Pandora in the movie Avatar pale in comparison.

 

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428201118.htm