Illustration comparing the size of extrasolar planet ?
Illustration comparing the size of extrasolar planet Gliese 581 c (right) with that of the Earth (left). Gliese 581 c is believed to be about five times more massive than the Earth with a diameter about half-again as large as Earth's. Depending upon the planet's composition, whether mostly rock or a combination of rock and water, a visitor would experience a surface gravity between 1.25 to 2.2 times the Earth's. Gliese 581 c is about 20 light years away from Earth
Picture No
11105949
Media ID
48509433
Size
5146px x 3427px
(2.2MB)
Credit
© Stocktrek Images / Mary Evans
Source
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images
Date
Date unknown
Pick your License
Astrobiology Astrogeology Astronomical Bioastronomy Comparison Continent Cosmology Exobiology Exogeology Exopaleontology Exoplanet Extrasolar Extraterrestrial Gliese Habitable Hemisphere Hypothetical Measurement Planetary Sphere Surreal Terrestrial Texture
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > STO
