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This diagram shows the relative sizes of the five planets as compared to the star.
This diagram shows the relative sizes of the five planets as compared to the star. This is a snapshot at a time in the future when all of the planets are close to the star. The black planet is in front of the star; the others are more distant than the star (two are blocked by the star at this point in time). The left two are the two HZ planets.
Credit: Eric Agol, University of Washington
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