Artist’s impression of a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard’s star
This artist’s impression shows Barnard b, a sub-Earth-mass planet that was discovered orbiting Barnard’s star. Its signal was detected with the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), and astronomers were able to confirm it with data from other instruments. An earlier promising detection in 2018 around the same star could not be confirmed by these data. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has at least half the mass of Venus but is too hot to support liquid water, a year lasts just over three Earth days.
Źródło:ESO/M. Kornmesser
O zdjęciu
Identyfikator: | eso2414a |
Typ: | Wizja artysty |
Data publikacji: | 1 października 2024 14:00 |
Powiązane komunikaty: | eso2414 |
Rozmiar: | 5000 x 2812 px |
O obiekcie
Typ: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Kategoria: | Exoplanets Illustrations |