Super Earth Reveals Itself to Spitzer Artist Animation
This artist concept depicts 55 Cancri e as it orbits its star. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, captured the light emanating from a distant super Earth, a planet more massive than Earth but lighter than Neptune.
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NASA ID
PIA15623
Date Created
May 8, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
