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Exoplanet Gliese 667 Cc

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-30103

Image Size 300 DPI: 35 * 26 cm

The super-Earth Gliese 667 Cc is a 6 Earth-mass exoplanet which circulates around its low-mass host star Gliese 667 C at a distance equal to only 1/20th of the Earth-Sun distance.

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2009 - ASTRONOMY - ATMOSPHERE - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE - GLIESE 667 - GLIESE 667 Cc - HABITABLE ZONE - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - SCORPIUS - STAR - SUPER-EARTH - VEGETATION -