Artist’s impression of the newly-discovered rocky exoplanet, LHS 1140b
This planet is located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its host star, a small, faint red star named LHS 1140. The planet weighs about 6.6 times the mass of Earth and is shown passing in front of LHS 1140. Depicted in blue is the atmosphere the planet may have retained.
Credit:M. Weiss/CfA
About the Image
| Id: | eso1712c |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 19 April 2017, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1712 |
| Size: | 5197 x 5100 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LHS 1140b |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets Illustrations |
