In the constellation Ophiuchus discovered a unique planet

Outside the solar system has a unique planet, which has a dense atmosphere, the Earth is larger and contains more water, reported the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Because of these characteristics of the object that is listed in directories under the designation GJ 1214b, belongs to a completely new type of extrasolar planets, and science is the only known representative of this type, ITAR -TASS.
«GJ 1214b differs from all known planets. A huge proportion of its mass is water, ...
He said that the object of study was opened in December 2009, but its properties were able to identify and confirm just now thanks Space Telescope NASA « Hubble ».
It is located in the constellation Ophiuchus at a distance of 40 light years from Earth. Exoplanet in diameter larger than about 2.7 times more massive than about seven times. An object in orbit around the dwarf star at a distance of about 2 million. km, the surface temperature reaches 230 degrees Celsius.
Astrophysicists were able to determine the composition of the atmosphere GJ 1214b, based on observations of ...
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