Monday, 6 June 2022 – 10:36 WIB
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VIVA – United States Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA called the surface of Planet 55 Cancri e covered in a sea of lava. This is known because the surface temperature is well above the melting point of the rock-forming minerals.
NASA scientists hope to gain new insights into a distant world, the landscape of which may be very similar to hell in the Bible – the holy book of Christians.
55 Cancri e dubbed the planet of hellis located about 50 light-years from Earth and orbits a Sun-like star at a distance of less than 1.5 million miles or one-twentieth of the distance between Mercury and the Sun.
“Imagine if the Earth is very close to the Sun. So close that a full year only lasts a few hours,” said NASA’s official statement, as quoted from the website SputniknewsMonday, June 6, 2022.
The proximity to the star means that the planet’s gravity has locked the heat that permanently burns the surface on one side. While the others were covered in endless darkness.
“So close that the oceans boil, the rocks begin to melt, and the clouds rain down on the lava,” NASA scientists said. Not only that. They also point to the possibility that this hellish planet has a day-night cycle.
Thus, Planet 55 Cancri e could have a thin atmosphere that forms when the surface heats, melts, and evaporates during the day.
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