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super-Earth

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 658395 Last modified 09.01.2024
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Domain astronomy
  • tahke pinnaga planeet, mille mass on vahemikus 2-10 Maa massi
  • type of planet that is between about 2 to 10 times the mass of Earth
üli-Maa
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  • Väga suur osa teadaolevatest eksoplaneetidest on oma suuruselt ja massilt Maa ja Neptuuni vahepealsed. Neid nimetatakse super-Maadeks või üli-Maadeks.
super-Earth
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  • The early low-density, sub-Neptune size planets and the many planets that were discovered in the first data from Kepler prompted some to propose that these objects were best understood not as super-Earths, but instead as scaled down versions of the solar system ice giants, so-called "mini-Neptunes".

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