A Planet as Big as its Star Artist Concept
This artist concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. The planet, called VB 10b, was discovered using astrometry, a method in which the wobble induced by a planet on its star is measured precisely on the sky.
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NASA ID
PIA12015
Date Created
May 28, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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