Measuring Brightness of Super Earth 55 Cancri e

NASA/JPL-Caltech2012-05-08

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

This graphic illuminates the process by which astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, detected the light from a super Earth planet.

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Title: Measuring Brightness of Super Earth 55 Cancri e
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2012-05-08
Rights: JPL

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