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Rocky Planet

AP News | 2009-10-02 13:13:46
Rocky Planet
This image provided by the European Southern Observatory Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009 shows an artist rendition of the first rocky extrasolar planet called Corot-7b. European astronomers confirmed the first rocky extrasolar planet Wednesday. According to scientists the planet is so close to it's sun that its surface temperature is ...
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Found: Firm place to stand outside solar system

AP News | 2009-09-17 04:00:46
<div id="subtitle">A cosmic but too hot place to stand: Astronomers find first rocky planet outside solar system</div><div><p>Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand — if only ...
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Scientists say "super-Earth" has rocky surface

Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2009-09-16 09:41:34
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Detailed data about the smallest planet ever found outside our solar system suggest it is a rocky "super-Earth" world very like our own, European astronomers said on Wednesday.</p><p>The so-called exoplanet, whose initial discovery was announced ...
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SPACE-EXOPLANET-COROT-7B

Getty Images | 2009-09-16 06:54:04
SPACE-EXOPLANET-COROT-7B
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USEEMBARGO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16, 2009, 10:00 CESTArtist impression released by ESO on September 16, 2009 shows the smallest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet known, CoRoT-7b (foreground), around a star named as CoRoT-7, located towards the constellation of Monoceros (the Unicorn) at a distance of about 500 light-years. The ...
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