COROT, launched in december 2006 to look for exoplanets and do asterosiesmology. the planet just recently discover is 1.7 times Earth's diameter. Although it is far too hot to walk on (surface temperature 1000 - 1500 C) this planet appears to be composed of rocky material and water vapor making it "Earth-like" in it's composition.
COROT-Exo-7b as it is named is located approximately 390 light-years away orbiting a star in the constelation Monoceros. The planet is very close to it's sun, orbiting once every 20 hours.
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