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Artist’s view of COROT
author: CNES/D.Ducros/Novapix
reference: e-sou07-00007
Image Size 300 DPI: 59 * 41 cm
This artist's view shows the COROT satellite, consisting of a 30-centimetre space telescope launched in late 2006. COROT uses its telescope to monitor closely the changes in a star’s brightness that comes from a planet crossing in front of it. While it is looking at a star, COROT is also able to detect ‘starquakes’, acoustical waves generated deep inside a star that send ripples across a star’s surface, altering its brightness. The exact nature of the ripples allows astronomers to calculate the star's precise mass, age and chemical composition.
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