PIA19833: Hot, Rocky World (Artist's Concept)


Hot, Rocky World (Artist’s Concept)

Caption:

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This artist's rendition shows one possible appearance for the planet HD 219134b, the nearest confirmed rocky exoplanet found to date outside our solar system. The planet is 1.6 times the size of Earth, and whips around its star in just three days. Scientists predict that the scorching-hot planet -- known to be rocky through measurements of its mass and size -- would have a rocky, partially molten surface with geological activity, including possibly volcanoes.

Background Info:

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

For more information about Spitzer, visit http://spitzer.caltech.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target HD 219134
System HD 219134
Target Type Exoplanet
Mission Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument Host Spitzer Space Telescope
Host Type Space Telescope
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Artwork, Color, Infrared, Movie, Volcano
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2015-07-30
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19833
Identifier PIA19833