March 2004 - HD 209458b (artist's impression)
This artist's impression shows a dramatic close-up of the scorched extrasolar planet HD 209458b in its orbit 'only' 7 million kilometres from its yellow Sun-like star. The planet is a type of extrasolar planet known as a 'hot Jupiter'.
Credit:European Space Agency, Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France) and NASA
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| Id: | cal200403 |
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| Year: | 2004 |
| Month: | 3 |
