Diagram comparing our Solar System with Kepler-47

This diagram compares our own Solar System to Kepler-47, a double-star system containing two planets, one orbiting in the so-called "habitable zone". This is the sweet spot in a planetary system where liquid water might exist on the surface of a planet.

Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

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Release date:
29 August 2012, 02:45
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