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Exoplanet K2-141b - Illustration

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo02-04001

Image Size 300 DPI: 50 * 32 cm

K2-141b is a massive rocky exoplanet orbiting extremely close to an orange main-sequence star K2-141. This is a super-Earth with very high temperatures, so the magma in the oceans can vaporize into the atmosphere. The mineral vapor formed by evaporated rock is swept to the frigid night side by supersonic winds and rocks "rain" back down into a magma ocean.

Keywords for this photo:

AQUARIUS - ASTRONOMY - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - K2-141B - LAVA - PLANET - RAIN - ROCK - SUPER-EARTH - TEMPERATURE -