Zoom in on the star CoRoT-7
The star CoRoT-7 is located towards the constellation of Monoceros (the Unicorn) at a distance of about 500 light-years. Slightly smaller and cooler than our Sun, CoRoT-7 is also thought to be younger, with an age about 1.5 billion years. It is now known to have two planets, one of them being the first to be found with a density similar to that of Earth.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey/A. Fujii
About the Video
| Id: | eso0933a |
| Release date: | 16 September 2009 |
| Related releases: | eso0933 |
| Duration: | 56 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets Stars |
