![Artistical representation. This image is to scale. Note that the planet is in the lower bottom; the irregular spot in the left of the star is a star-spot. Made by Tautenburg Observatory, Germany. Artistical representation. This image is to scale. Note that the planet is in the lower bottom; the irregular spot in the left of the star is a star-spot. Made by Tautenburg Observatory, Germany.](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/prensa573_697.jpg?itok=U-1KZdlp)
A planet barely larger than the Earth has just been discovered by the CoRoT satellite. Its temperature is so high (between 1000 and 1,500 degrees) that its surface is most lickely rocky or covered with lava.
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