Super-earth Exoplanet Gliese 667 Cc
by ESO/Luis Calçada
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Super-earth Exoplanet Gliese 667 Cc
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ESO/Luis Calçada
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Photograph - Photograph
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Artist's impression shows a sunset seen from the super-Earth Gliese 667 Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, which is part of a triple star system. The other two more distant stars, Gliese 667 A and B appear in the sky also to the right. Astronomers have estimated that there are tens of billions of such rocky worlds orbiting faint red dwarf stars in the Milky Way alone. Release date March 28, 2012.
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September 10th, 2015
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