55 Cancri e Transiting Its Star

A simulation of the silhouette of planet 55 Cancri e transiting its parent star, compared to the Earth and Jupiter transiting our sun, as seen from outside the solar system. The star 55 Cancri A is nearly a twin of the sun.

Image Credit: Jason Rowe, NASA Ames and SETI Institute and Prof. Jaymie Matthews, UBC

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