Hot, Rocky World
spitzer_ssc2015-02a July 30th, 2015
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
This artist's rendition shows one possible appearance for the planet HD 219134b, the nearest rocky exoplanet found to date outside our solar system. The planet is 1.6 times the size of Earth, and whips around its star in just three days. Scientists predict that the scorching-hot planet -- known to be rocky through measurements of its mass and size -- would have a rocky, partially molten surface with geological activity, including possibly volcanoes.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6078-ssc2015-02a-Hot-Rocky-World
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- ssc2015-02a
- Subject Category
- B.1.1.1 B.1.3.1
- Subject Name
- HD 219134 b
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
- Release Date
- 2015-07-30
- Lightyears
- 21
- Redshift
- 21
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6078-ssc2015-02a-Hot-Rocky-World
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- Artwork
- Image Quality
- Good
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- Equinox
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- FITS Header
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- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
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- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- ssc2015-02a.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0010/5422/ssc2015-02a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2015-07-30
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
