Solar System Diagram (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Solar System Diagram

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To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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