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

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this one is overdue by two years. i should have made an artwork for this little planet back when it was discovered. but better late than never i guess. this was mentioned to me by a fellow deviant. i really had fun working on this one, especially playing around with the planet's texture and lighting. i think the texture came out pretty good for what i was looking for, not a ball of lava but not a dry rock, a nice good mix of the two thats just right!<--- yes, bad pun alert. also managed to make the planet look like it has a slight hotspot, and it came out ok. ooh look, a background too thats not flat black! how did i manage that one?

--> let thou's eyes be appeased by my offering, but do not eat it despite its meat ball-like appearance, because eetz a spizee one! <---- yes... another bad jok.. (hit by a tomato)!

you can find out more about the little rock right here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Ce…

Any comments, favs or critiques, are always welcome and appreciated!
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Alpha Centauri Bb

constellation: ................... Centaurus
distance from earth: .......... 4.366 ly
star's name: ..................... Alpha Centauri B
star's type: ....................... K1V
star's mass: ...................... 0.934 solar masses
star's radius: ..................... 0.863 solar radii
star's luminosity: .............. 0.4939 solar luminosities
star's temperature: ........... 5,214 Kelvin
system's name: ................. Alpha Centauri
# stars in system: .............. 3
# planets in system: .......... 1
system's age: ..................... 4.5 - 7.0 Billion Years

planet's status: ................. unconfirmed
planet's name: .................. Alpha Centauri Bb

planet's radius: ................ unknown, may be slightly smaller or larger than earth's depending on composition.
planet's mass: .................. > 1.13 earth masses
planet's density: ............... unknown, may be slightly higher than earth's depending on composition.
surface gravity: ................ unknown, may be slightly higher than earth's.
rotation period: ................ most likely tidally locked.
atm. comp.: ...................... unknown, may be composed of vapourised rocks and metals.
atm. pressure: .................. unknown, is unlikely to have any.
average eq. temp: ............. 1,068 Kelvin = 1,341 Celsius
average surface temp: ....... unknown, may be 1,100 Kelvin.
# satellites: ....................... unknown, is unlikely to have any.

orbital eccentricity: ............ unknown, likely 0.
orbital distance: ................. 0.04 au
year: .................................. 3.2357 earth days
place in system: ................. near the star

Description

Alpha Centauri Bb was discovered by an European Team of Astronomers when they were measuring the radial velocity of the sun-like star Alpha Centauri B in the Alpha Centauri trinary star system. When they removed known sources of interferance from the data, they were left with risudual signals which led to the discovery of the planet. If the planet is confirmed, it would be the closest known exoplanet to be detected , at a distance of just 4.366 ly, and also the smallest mass exoplanet with a minimum mass of only 1.13 earth masses, to be orbiting a sun-like star.

The planet is most likely to have a composition similar to earth's being a third metals and two-thirds silicates. this would give it radius only slightly larger than earths. However, due to its position in the system, it may have formed with a higher concentration of metals and have a density greater than earth's. This would cause the planet to have a radius slightly smaller than earth's. Despite this, the surface gravity is likely to be very similar to earth's.

The planet orbit's extremely closely to the star at only about 4% the earth-sun distance and orbits the star once every 3.2357 days. At such a close distance, it is most likely tidally locked to the star, always presenting the same face toward the star. Also, at such a close proximity to the star, there is likely no atmosphere on the planet due to it being blasted away by the star's powerful stellar wind. These two factors would cause an extreme temperature difference between the day and night sides of the planet.
On the day side, the star would loom as a large disc in the planet's sky and the temperature may be as high as 1,200 Celsius, which is above the melting point of many metals and silicates. This may lead to large pools of lava on the surface of the day side, leading to the depiction of the planet as a lava world. There may be a temporary tenuous atmosphere composed of metal and silicate ions and atoms knocked off of the surface by the star's stellar wind.
On the night side, things would be quite different as the environment plumets to sub-zero temperatures. There would be large formations of rock and metal frozen on the surface in the presence of the biting cold, and probably glazed over with some ices composed of the planets now frozen out atmosphere if any were present on the night side. There may be the occasional hotspot caused by the planet's own internal volcanism, but there would be no warmth anywhere else in the eternal night. Every few years, the primary star of the system, Alpha Centauri A, would be in a position where it would rise and set as a bright star in the night sky of the planet as it orbited Alpha Centauri B, bringing slight illumination to the dark wasteland every few days. But for half of the Binary star's year around each other, the night side would be left in total blackness.
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This Artwork is © 2014 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT USE THIS ARTWORK!

Description

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

__________________________________________________________________________________________

this one is overdue by two years. i should have made an artwork for this little planet back when it was discovered. but better late than never i guess. this was mentioned to me by a fellow deviant. i really had fun working on this one, especially playing around with the planet's texture and lighting. i think the texture came out pretty good for what i was looking for, not a ball of lava but not a dry rock, a nice good mix of the two thats just right!<--- yes, bad pun alert. also managed to make the planet look like it has a slight hotspot, and it came out ok. ooh look, a background too thats not flat black! how did i manage that one?

--> let thou's eyes be appeased by my offering, but do not eat it despite its meat ball-like appearance, because eetz a spizee one! <---- yes... another bad jok.. (hit by a tomato)!

you can find out more about the little rock right here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Ce…

Any comments, favs or critiques, are always welcome and appreciated!
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Alpha Centauri Bb

constellation: ................... Centaurus
distance from earth: .......... 4.366 ly
star's name: ..................... Alpha Centauri B
star's type: ....................... K1V
star's mass: ...................... 0.934 solar masses
star's radius: ..................... 0.863 solar radii
star's luminosity: .............. 0.4939 solar luminosities
star's temperature: ........... 5,214 Kelvin
system's name: ................. Alpha Centauri
# stars in system: .............. 3
# planets in system: .......... 1
system's age: ..................... 4.5 - 7.0 Billion Years

planet's status: ................. unconfirmed
planet's name: .................. Alpha Centauri Bb

planet's radius: ................ unknown, may be slightly smaller or larger than earth's depending on composition.
planet's mass: .................. > 1.13 earth masses
planet's density: ............... unknown, may be slightly higher than earth's depending on composition.
surface gravity: ................ unknown, may be slightly higher than earth's.
rotation period: ................ most likely tidally locked.
atm. comp.: ...................... unknown, may be composed of vapourised rocks and metals.
atm. pressure: .................. unknown, is unlikely to have any.
average eq. temp: ............. 1,068 Kelvin = 1,341 Celsius
average surface temp: ....... unknown, may be 1,100 Kelvin.
# satellites: ....................... unknown, is unlikely to have any.

orbital eccentricity: ............ unknown, likely 0.
orbital distance: ................. 0.04 au
year: .................................. 3.2357 earth days
place in system: ................. near the star

Description

Alpha Centauri Bb was discovered by an European Team of Astronomers when they were measuring the radial velocity of the sun-like star Alpha Centauri B in the Alpha Centauri trinary star system. When they removed known sources of interferance from the data, they were left with risudual signals which led to the discovery of the planet. If the planet is confirmed, it would be the closest known exoplanet to be detected , at a distance of just 4.366 ly, and also the smallest mass exoplanet with a minimum mass of only 1.13 earth masses, to be orbiting a sun-like star.

The planet is most likely to have a composition similar to earth's being a third metals and two-thirds silicates. this would give it radius only slightly larger than earths. However, due to its position in the system, it may have formed with a higher concentration of metals and have a density greater than earth's. This would cause the planet to have a radius slightly smaller than earth's. Despite this, the surface gravity is likely to be very similar to earth's.

The planet orbit's extremely closely to the star at only about 4% the earth-sun distance and orbits the star once every 3.2357 days. At such a close distance, it is most likely tidally locked to the star, always presenting the same face toward the star. Also, at such a close proximity to the star, there is likely no atmosphere on the planet due to it being blasted away by the star's powerful stellar wind. These two factors would cause an extreme temperature difference between the day and night sides of the planet.
On the day side, the star would loom as a large disc in the planet's sky and the temperature may be as high as 1,200 Celsius, which is above the melting point of many metals and silicates. This may lead to large pools of lava on the surface of the day side, leading to the depiction of the planet as a lava world. There may be a temporary tenuous atmosphere composed of metal and silicate ions and atoms knocked off of the surface by the star's stellar wind.
On the night side, things would be quite different as the environment plumets to sub-zero temperatures. There would be large formations of rock and metal frozen on the surface in the presence of the biting cold, and probably glazed over with some ices composed of the planets now frozen out atmosphere if any were present on the night side. There may be the occasional hotspot caused by the planet's own internal volcanism, but there would be no warmth anywhere else in the eternal night. Every few years, the primary star of the system, Alpha Centauri A, would be in a position where it would rise and set as a bright star in the night sky of the planet as it orbited Alpha Centauri B, bringing slight illumination to the dark wasteland every few days. But for half of the Binary star's year around each other, the night side would be left in total blackness.
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This Artwork is © 2014 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT USE THIS ARTWORK!