Artist's concept of extrasolar planet Tau Bootis b over a hypothetical moon.
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4892 x 3669 px | 41.4 x 31.1 cm | 16.3 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 February 2011Photographer:
Walter Myers / Stocktrek ImagesMore information:
The extrasolar planet Tau Boötis b reigns over the airless, baked and battered terrain of a hypothetical moon. Tau Boötis b orbits very close to Tau Boötis, a type F7V star about 50 light years from the Earth. Tau Boötis b is believed to have about four times the mass of the planet Jupiter and orbits around its sun at the astonishing pace of once every 3.3 days. Tau Boötis b is so close to its host sun that the force of the solar wind may be enough to constantly blow off the planet's outer atmosphere.