Pan over the artist’s impression of CoRoT-7b

This animation pans over the artist’s impression of the system of planets around the star CoRoT-7. Starting from the further of the two planets, it then shows the Sun-like star to finish with what the closer of the two planets — the first to be found with a density similar to that of Earth — may look like: a planet covered by lava.

Credit:

ESO/L. Calçada

About the Video

Id:eso0933b
Release date:16 September 2009
Related releases:eso0933
Duration:26 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Category:Exoplanets
Stars

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