Description: A high resolution vector conversion of the size comparison between Kepler42 and JupiterThis artists concept compares the Kepler42 formerly known as KOI961 planet to JupiterThe Kepler42 planetary system hosts the three smallest planets known to orbit a star beyond our sun called Kepler42b Kepler42c Kepler43d formerly called KOI96101 KOI96102 and KOI96103 The smallest of these planets Kepler42d is about the same size as Mars All three planets take less than two days to whip around their starThe planets were discovered using data from NASAs Kepler mission and groundbased telescopes The Kepler42 star is a tiny red dwarf just onesixth the size of our sun This planetary system is the most compact detected to date with a scale closer to Jupiter and its moons than another star systemOriginal PD raster file httpscommonswikimediaorgwikiFileKepler42SystemE28093JupiterSystemComparisonjpg
Date: 2014-12-09
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Kepler42 And Jupiter Comparison sourced from Openclipart is licensed under CC0 1.0
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