Scientists Discover an Interesting Super-Earth

There are billions of planets in the infinite depths of space, and some of these planets may have very different properties than their counterparts we have seen before. Scientists managed to discover a rare planet of this type. The rocky planet, which is between 30 percent and 70 percent larger than Earth, has been named TOI-1798c. A year on this planet lasts 12 hours.

TOI-1798c, NASA’s aircraft equipped with sensitive cameras and sensors TESS tool It was discovered using the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii. This planet, for which scientists are now working to calculate its mass, is very close to the star of its own system and completes one orbit in 12 hours.

The Solar System may be much rarer than we thought

From researchers Ian CrossfieldHe stated that such planets are very hot because they are very close to their stars. Therefore, even if the planet had an atmosphere, it has disappeared over time.

of this kind super-Earth Their structure is actually quite common in the Milky Way. While most star systems have 2 or more such planets, there is only one Earth in our system. It is also noteworthy that most systems have 2 or more stars at their centre. From this perspective, the Solar System looks quite different from the rest of our galaxy.

Scientists so far 5 thousand 632 exoplanets has discovered. It is estimated that there are trillions of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Research ‘The Astrophysical Journal’It was also published.