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Artist’s Concept of Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b

Artist's Concept of Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b
This artist's impression shows a dramatic close-up of the scorched extrasolar planet HD 209458b in its orbit 'only' 7 million kilometres from its yellow Sun-like star.
  • Release Date
    February 2, 2004
  • Science Release
    Oxygen and Carbon Found in Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France)

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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