Discovery of extreme planets layered with hot molten magma. Of course, this extreme exoplanet with molten magma is very strange. How could a planet be made up of this very hot magma.
Scientists have just discovered a very unusual planet outside the Solar System. How might it not be, the planet has a layer of molten magma which is obviously very hot.
With temperatures this hot, obviously this exoplanet has no life on it. The position of this planet is also very close to the main star.
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Discovery of extreme planets coated in liquid magma with TESS
There are so many planets outside our Solar System. Some may have been successfully detected with the help of extraordinarily sophisticated tools.
However, in reality there are always new planets being discovered and they become new research material. As if it were infinite, now scientists have again discovered a very strange planet.
The planet, which has the name TOI-1075b, is visible from observations by the Transiting Spacecraft Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is really a special instrument for detecting the outer planets.
From observations, this planet appears to have a layer of molten magma similar to that found in volcanoes.
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Very hot temperature
The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) explains that four years of data reveal that TOI-1075b has a super hot surface.
Scientists estimate the average temperature of this planet to be around 1,050 degrees Celsius. The extreme conditions occur because the planet’s distance from its parent star is so close.
Its parent star is a small orange-red star, about 200 light-years from Earth. Then the discovery of this extreme planet covered in molten magma has a hot climate and an ultra-short orbit, TOI-1075b is also quite massive.
Including the most massive Super-Earth
From the results of existing observations, this extreme planet also turns out to have enormous dimensions. NASA explained that the latest data show that TOI-1075b is one of the most massive super-Earths yet.
Super-Earth or Super-Earth this intrigued astronomers because they are actually considered common within the Milky Way, even though they are not found in the Solar System. However, the exoplanet TOI-1075b is 10 times more massive than Earth.
The planet was detected by the TESS transit method, which scans the night sky for signs of changes in brightness. If the star’s light dims periodically, this could indicate the presence of an exoplanet.
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This technique allowed the mission to observe the 5,000th exoplanet candidate and became the special story TESS celebrated earlier this year.
All findings are of great value, including the discovery of this extreme TOI-107b molten magma-covered planet because it helps scientists refine planet-formation models. (R10/HR-Online)
