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General => Image Sharing => Topic started by: blackcat on January 13, 2011, 12:25:18 PM

Title: Kepler 10b
Post by: blackcat on January 13, 2011, 12:25:18 PM
The recently discovered exoplanet, Kepler 10b, orbits so close to its star that the planet has become tidally locked...that is, it keeps one face always toward its sun. The result is that one side of the planet is probably molten at several thousand degrees. This is a view near the terminator...

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs098.snc4/36284_1528738021133_1315183121_1163622_2605282_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Kepler 10b
Post by: dhavalmistry on January 14, 2011, 11:34:49 AM
nice work!