Kepler Finds an Exoplanet, Rocky, Small and Very Hot

Monday, January 10, 2011 - 17:40 in Earth & Climate

Known as Kepler 10b, it is only 40 percent larger than the Earth and about 4.6 times as massive, making it about as dense as Mercury.

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