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Planet Comparison Graphic (Illustration)
This illustration compares the sizes of exoplanets GJ 436b and GJ 1214b with Earth and Neptune. These so-called super-Earths have masses between gas giants, like Neptune, and smaller, rocky planets, like Earth. No such type of planet exists in our solar system. NASA Hubble Space...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2014
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2014-06-3304-image
This illustration compares the sizes of exoplanets GJ 436b and GJ 1214b with Earth and Neptune. These so-called super-Earths have masses between gas giants, like Neptune, and smaller, rocky planets, like Earth. No such type of planet exists in our solar system. NASA Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopic observations reveal that these worlds could very likely be smothered in clouds that cloak any information about the planets' underlying chemical compositions. This artistic rendering of the exoplanets is speculative and does not necessarily reflect what their true appearance might actually be.
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NASA, ESA, and A. Feild and G. Bacon (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | GJ 1214b, GJ 436b, Earth, and Neptune |
| Object Description | Extrasolar Planet |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | About GJ 1214b The Hubble data are from proposal : J. Bean (University of Chicago), J.-M. Desert (California Institute of Technology), S. Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), D. Deming (University of Maryland), B. Benneke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Z. Berta-Thompson (Harvard University), K. Stevenson (University of Chicago), and D. Homeier (Lyon Centre for Astrophysics Research). The science team includes: L. Kreidberg and J. Bean (University of Chicago), J.-M. Desert (California Institute of Technology), B. Benneke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), D. Deming (University of Maryland), K. Stevenson (University of Chicago), S. Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Z. Berta-Thompson (Harvard University), A. Seifahrt (University of Chicago), and D. Homeier (Lyon Centre for Astrophysics Research). About GJ 436b The Hubble data are from proposal : H. Knutson (California Institute of Technology), D. Charbonneau (Harvard University), and S. Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The science team includes: H. Knutson (California Institute of Technology), B. Benneke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), D. Deming (University of Maryland), and D. Homeier (Lyon Centre for Astrophysics Research). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3 |
| Filters | Grim: G141 |
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