Discovered planet similar to cotton candy
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In the cosmos exoplanet found from the “cotton candy.”
The cosmos is full of strange and bizarre places. In recent articles we have already talked about , revolving from and even about . According to an article published on the portal , astronomers from the University of Colorado have discovered a new type of planets that the density of cotton-candy. The unusual planet was discovered in 2012 near the sunlike star Kepler 51, located at a distance of about 2,400 light years from our Solar system, and have the lowest density of all exoplanets known to humanity.
Planet of “cotton candy”
Found the exoplanet — perhaps most astonishing discovery of modern astronomy. Its unusual structure of exoplanets required extremely low density being equal in size to Jupiter, they are about a hundred times easier, and the weight of objects with just a few times the mass of Earth. According to preliminary calculations, the density of detected planets is less than 0.1 grams per cubic centimeter of volume, which almost coincides with the density of cotton candy. Conducted by Professor Libby Roberts of the University of Colorado study suggests that the exoplanet is probably composed of hydrogen and helium with the presence of mainly methane in the atmosphere. According to researchers, the atmosphere can be very similar to that of the atmosphere .
a Structure found planets like cotton candy
Astronomers say that the planets seem to evaporate quickly due to its close proximity to the star, threatening to significantly shrink in size over the next billion years.
The System Kepler 51 — a unique place, if only due to unimaginable rarities discovered in this system . It is known that until now has been recorded at least 15 such facilities, while our Solar system is anything similar can not boast. Scientists consider that the found worlds represent a kind of transitional phase in the evolution of planets due to his young age. So, according to the observations, the star system has only 500 million years — “infant” age on a cosmic scale, compared to our 4.6 to a billion Sun.
The Researchers hope that the discovered worlds will help humanity to see the processes that once occurred during the formation of the Solar system, shedding light on those that have long remained inaccessible to astronomers and planetary scientists.
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