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US-SPACE-SPITZER-KEPLER-CLOUDS
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MIT " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This NASA artist's concept obtained October 3, 2013 shows Kepler-7b (left), which is 1.5 times the radius of Jupiter (right), the first exoplanet to have its clouds mapped. The image shows what those clouds might look like. The cloud map was produced using data from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes. The map shows that clouds cover the western side of the gaseous planet, leaving the east cloud-free. Researchers speculate the clouds are made up of minerals containing silicates. Kepler-7b is one of the puffiest, or least dense, planets known. While it is 1.5 times the size of Jupiter is has only about half the mass.
AFP PHOTO/NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MIT
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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3 Octombrie 2013 |
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3840 x 2160 (1.03 MB) |
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