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.
Crediti:ESO/M. Kornmesser
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Identificazione: | eso2414a |
Tipo: | Illustrazione |
Data di rilascio: | Martedì 01 Ottobre 2024 14:00 |
Notizie relative: | eso2414 |
Grandezza: | 5000 x 2812 px |
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Tipo: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Categoria: | Exoplanets Illustrations |