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Exoplanet HD 219134b

This artist's rendition depicts 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 revolves around its star in just three days. Scientists predict that the hot and rocky planet would have a partially molten surface with geological activity, including possibly volcanoes.
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Title:
Exoplanet HD 219134b
Caption:
This artist's rendition depicts 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 revolves around its star in just three days. Scientists predict that the hot and rocky planet would have a partially molten surface with geological activity, including possibly volcanoes.
Credit:
Album / Science Source / NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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Image size:
4800 x 2700 px | 37.1 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 22.9 cm | 16.0 x 9.0 in (300 dpi)