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i recommend downloadng to see all detail. also, large file size, sorry if it takes long.

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hello again guys! i made another one and this time its the kepler-11 system. i like this system alot as its not just a system with a good bit of planets, but its also one of the most compact and flattest systems discovered to date. i also like how this came out to!
from left to right, the planets in this system are:

kepler-11b (small middleground planet to the left of the image)
kepler-11e (large foreground planet to the left of the star)
kepler-11c (small planet transiting the star)
kepler-11d (large planet transiting the star)
kepler-11g (small background planet to the right of and behind the star)
kepler-11f (large foreground planet to the right of the image)

spent about 6 hours working on this. as usuall, most of the work was done on the background and editing it.

so enjoy the image! and remember that comments and critques and favs are welcome and appreciated!

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Kepler - 11

constellation: .................... Cygnus
distance from earth: .......... 2000 ly
star's name: ..................... Kepler - 11
star's type: ....................... G
star's mass: ...................... 0.95 solar masses
star's radius: ..................... 1.1 solar radii
system's name: ................. Kepler - 11
# planets in system: .......... 6
system's age: .................... 8 (+/- 2) billion years.

Description

Kepler-11 is a star like our sun located roughly 2000 light years away from earth in the constellation of cygnus the swan. it has been confirmed by the kepler spacecraft that the star has 6 known planets in orbit around it. these planets make up the most compact and flattest extrasolar system discovered to date. if the system was compared with ours, the orbit of the system's outermost planet, kepler-11g would be just slightly furhter than the orbit of mercury in our solar system. the system is also so flat that the greatest deviation between the orbital planes of the planets is less than 1°. because of this, all planets transit the star as seen from earth and this is how they were discovered by the kepler spacecraft. because the planets in this system were dicovered at the same time, they are named in order of increasing distance from the star (kepler - 11b to kepler - 11g).

the planets in this system are relatively small 2 - 4.5 earth radii. they also have small masses for planets of their size, giving them low densities of roughly 0.5 - 1.5 cc's. because of these low densities, the smaller planets in this system are classified as gas dwarfs which are planets that are roughly slightly larger than earth, but have compositions similar to that of larger gas giant planets. the larger planets in this system are more similar to the planets uranus and neptune in our solar system and so, are classified as ice giants.
because of the tight orbits of these planets, the furthest planet in this system from the star, still has an equilibrium temperature twice that of the earth.
also, despite the planet's close orbits in the system, they do not seem to participate in any orbital resonances with one another. there is and exception though, where the two closest planets to the star, planets b and c, participate in a near 5:4 resonance with each other.

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This Artwork is © 2013 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Description

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i recommend downloadng to see all detail. also, large file size, sorry if it takes long.

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hello again guys! i made another one and this time its the kepler-11 system. i like this system alot as its not just a system with a good bit of planets, but its also one of the most compact and flattest systems discovered to date. i also like how this came out to!
from left to right, the planets in this system are:

kepler-11b (small middleground planet to the left of the image)
kepler-11e (large foreground planet to the left of the star)
kepler-11c (small planet transiting the star)
kepler-11d (large planet transiting the star)
kepler-11g (small background planet to the right of and behind the star)
kepler-11f (large foreground planet to the right of the image)

spent about 6 hours working on this. as usuall, most of the work was done on the background and editing it.

so enjoy the image! and remember that comments and critques and favs are welcome and appreciated!

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Kepler - 11

constellation: .................... Cygnus
distance from earth: .......... 2000 ly
star's name: ..................... Kepler - 11
star's type: ....................... G
star's mass: ...................... 0.95 solar masses
star's radius: ..................... 1.1 solar radii
system's name: ................. Kepler - 11
# planets in system: .......... 6
system's age: .................... 8 (+/- 2) billion years.

Description

Kepler-11 is a star like our sun located roughly 2000 light years away from earth in the constellation of cygnus the swan. it has been confirmed by the kepler spacecraft that the star has 6 known planets in orbit around it. these planets make up the most compact and flattest extrasolar system discovered to date. if the system was compared with ours, the orbit of the system's outermost planet, kepler-11g would be just slightly furhter than the orbit of mercury in our solar system. the system is also so flat that the greatest deviation between the orbital planes of the planets is less than 1°. because of this, all planets transit the star as seen from earth and this is how they were discovered by the kepler spacecraft. because the planets in this system were dicovered at the same time, they are named in order of increasing distance from the star (kepler - 11b to kepler - 11g).

the planets in this system are relatively small 2 - 4.5 earth radii. they also have small masses for planets of their size, giving them low densities of roughly 0.5 - 1.5 cc's. because of these low densities, the smaller planets in this system are classified as gas dwarfs which are planets that are roughly slightly larger than earth, but have compositions similar to that of larger gas giant planets. the larger planets in this system are more similar to the planets uranus and neptune in our solar system and so, are classified as ice giants.
because of the tight orbits of these planets, the furthest planet in this system from the star, still has an equilibrium temperature twice that of the earth.
also, despite the planet's close orbits in the system, they do not seem to participate in any orbital resonances with one another. there is and exception though, where the two closest planets to the star, planets b and c, participate in a near 5:4 resonance with each other.

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This Artwork is © 2013 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.