Its name is TOI-4603 b
planet illustration (pixabay.com/LoganArt)
Recently, astronomers were surprised by a discovery exoplanet (planets outside the solar system). At 730 light years away, the planet is about the size of Jupiter which is named TOI-4603 b has a density (density) the highest.
The findings will be published in a journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Lettersbut temporarily accessible on the preprint server arXiv. Read more, come on!
1. When compared to Jupiter, this planet is nine times denser
Collect ScienceAlert, TOI-4603 b is indeed similar in size to Jupiter. However, its mass is 13 times heavier. This is because the density of TOI-4603 b is nine times that of Jupiter. At a density of 14.1 grams per cubic centimeter, the planet is denser than lead (lead), which has a density of 11.3 grams per cubic centimeter.
In principle, the denser something, the closer or denser the constituent atoms. And denser objects are perceived as heavier, according to a study published in the journal PLoS One in 2015.
“This is one of the most massive and densest giant planets known to date,” wrote a team of astronomers led by Akanksha Khandelwal from the Physical Research Laboratory, India.
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