It’s nearly the same size as Jupiter, as spotted by researchers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS
The astronomers they found one unusually big planet orbiting a dwarf star, located approx 280 light years from Earth.
The unexpected size of the recently discovered planet, called TOI 5205bhas led researchers to call him “forbidden planet”.
Its size is almost equal to that of Jupiteras spotted by researchers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS.
Currently, as far as we know, Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
The exoplanet orbiting a “red dwarf” star called TOI-5205, which is about 40% the size and mass of the sun, and has a surface temperature of about 3,127 degrees Celsius, with the sun averaging 5,527 degrees Celsius. A dwarf star is smaller, cooler and redder than the sun.
The researchers compared the planet with a pea revolving around a lemon, so that the difference in size between the planet and its star can be perceived. In our solar system, Jupiter could be compared to a pea orbiting a grapefruit (Sun).
Stars form from huge clouds of gas and dust in space. The material left over from star formation swirls around the star and creates one spinning disk, resulting in the birth of the planets.
Researchers want to observe the planet in the future using the space telescope James Webb which could detect whether TOI-5205b has an atmosphere and unlock more of the secrets about how it formed.
Source :Skai
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