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Kepler-10b: A Scorched World

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Jumat, 31 Maret 2017, Maret 31, 2017 WIB Last Updated 2020-02-14T20:28:10Z
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Kepler-10b: A Scorched World

Kepler-10b is a scorched world, orbiting at a distance that's more than 20 times closer to its star than Mercury is to our own Sun. The daytime temperature's expected to be more than 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than lava flows here on Earth. Intense radiation from the star has kept the planet from holding onto an atmosphere. Flecks of silicates and iron may be boiled off a molten surface and swept away by the stellar radiation, much like a comet's tail when its orbit brings it close to the Sun.

Image Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry
Explanation from: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/images/kepler10_3.html
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