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Seeing Starlight Through a Planet Rim Artist Concept
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Seeing Starlight Through a Planet Rim Artist Concept

A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist depiction. Such crossings, or transits, are observed by telescopes like NASA Hubble and Spitzer to glean information about planets atmospheres.

Date
2014-09-24
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
illustration (NASA artwork)

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"Seeing Starlight Through a Planet Rim Artist Concept" (2014-09-24). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18837

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