VIDEO: Super Earth Reveals Itself to Spitzer
First Posted: May 09, 2012 03:49 PM EDT
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This artist's animation depicts 55 Cancri e as it orbits its star. The planet whips around the star closely and quickly: It is 25 times closer to the star than Mercury is to our sun and completes one orbit -- its year -- in a mere 18 hours.
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