Astronomers unveil portrait of 'exotic super-Earth:' Densest known rocky planet

Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 20:30 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have revealed details of a "super-exotic" exoplanet that would make the planet Pandora in the movie Avatar pale in comparison. The planet, named 55 Cancri e, is 60 per cent larger in diameter than Earth but eight times as massive.

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