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Hot, Carbon-Rich Planet Artist Concept
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About this work
This artist concept shows the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b orange orb and its star. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope discovered that the planet has more carbon than oxygen, making it the first carbon-rich planet ever observed.
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Credit lineHot, Carbon-Rich Planet Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2010-12-08. Public domain. ID: PIA13691.
