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Zoom in the artist’s impression of CoRoT-7b
This animation pans over the artist’s impression of planet CoRoT-7b, which is so close to its star that the “day-time” temperature may reach 2000 degrees Celsius and it may have a surface that is covered in lava.
Credit:ESO/L. Calçada