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Water on a gas exoplanet's moon

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-00019

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

Recent discoveries of what appear to be giant planets orbiting very close to distant stars inspired this image. Due to the close proximity to its own sun, this gas planet would shine brilliantly in this moon's sky.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - SATELLITE - WATER -