File:Kepler-10 star system.jpg

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English: This artist's conception depicts the Kepler-10 star system, located about 560 light-years away near the Cygnus and Lyra constellations. Kepler has discovered two planets around this star. Kepler-10b is, to date, the smallest known rocky exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system (dark spot against yellow sun). This planet, which has a radius of 1.4 times that of Earth's, whips around its star every .8 days. Its discovery was announced in Jan. 2011.
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Source http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/images/Kepler-10_family_portrait.html
Author NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

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