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Title BBC World Service live radio interview - "Kepler-78b lava world" Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet BBC World Service Media type Radio Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 31/10/2013 Description A radio interview on the back of a Nature paper reporting the discovery of the exoplanet Kepler-78b. At the time, Kepler-78b was the exoplanet with the radius, mass, and hence density most closely resembling the Earth - except it was in a ~8 hour orbit. Hence it was coined, "lava-world', in global media coverage. Persons Christopher Watson