File:WASP 121-b (artist’s impression) (heic2401a).jpg
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English: This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet WASP 121-b, also known as Tylos. The exoplanet’s appearance is based on Hubble data of the object. Using Hubble observations, another team of scientists had previously reported the detection of heavy metals such as magnesium and iron escaping from the upper atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet, marking it as the first of such detection. The exoplanet is orbiting dangerously close to its host star, roughly 2.6% of the distance between Earth and the Sun, placing it on the verge of being ripped apart by its host star's tidal forces. The powerful gravitational forces have altered the planet's shape.An international team of astronomers assembled and reprocessed Hubble observations of the exoplanet made in the years 2016, 2018 and 2019. This provided them with a unique dataset that allowed them not only to analyse the atmosphere of WASP 121-b, but also to compare the state of the exoplanet’s atmosphere across several years. They found clear evidence that the observations of WASP-121 b were varying in time. The team then used sophisticated modelling techniques to demonstrate that these temporal variations could be explained by weather patterns in the exoplanet's atmosphere.[Image description: An artist impression depicting the exoplanet WASP 121-b. The planet dominates the foreground in the right side of the image, and appears banded with colours of red, yellow and orange. Behind the planet is a large star that appears similar in size to the exoplanet.] |
Date | 4 January 2024 (upload date) |
Source | WASP 121-b (artist’s impression) |
Author | NASA, ESA, Q. Changeat et al., M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) |
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Credit/Provider | NASA, ESA, Q. Changeat et al., M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) |
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Date and time of data generation | 16:00, 4 January 2024 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 25.0 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 21:36, 26 November 2023 |
Date and time of digitizing | 03:02, 23 November 2023 |
Date metadata was last modified | 22:36, 26 November 2023 |
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