Jupiter-Like Exoplanet 51 Eridani b (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Jupiter-Like Exoplanet 51 Eridani b

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This is an artistic conception of the Jupiter-like exoplanet 51 Eridani b, with the hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through the clouds. Because of its young age, this cousin of our own Jupiter is still hot and carries information on the way it was formed 20 million years ago.

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Danielle Futselaar and Franck Marchis, SETI Institute

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