First Map of Alien World animation
This image shows the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, or a planet beyond our solar system. Showing temperature variations across the cloudy tops of a gas giant called HD 189733b, the infrared data is taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Details
NASA ID
PIA09376
Date Created
May 9, 2007
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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