Merit of the Tess telescope
The sighting of this planet is due to NASA’s TESS space telescope (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) who found it thanks to the transit method and the article reporting its discovery has been accepted for publication in the journal The Astronomical Journal.
Characteristics of the super-Earth
The new super-Earth has already revealed extreme characteristics. In fact, due to its proximity to its star, the surface temperature is around a thousand degrees, it is covered with molten magma and a year lasts just half a day, that is to say that it takes only 14.5 hours to make a complete circle around the star.
Merit of the Tess telescope
The sighting of this planet is due to NASA’s TESS space telescope (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) who found it thanks to the transit method and the article reporting its discovery has been accepted for publication in the journal The Astronomical Journal.
Atmosphere-free?
Based on its mass, “TOI-1075 b” should have an atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium, which in this case the researchers consider unlikely. But the alternative could be even more fascinating. The planet could be totally devoid of atmosphere.
TESS, the exoplanet hunter, was launched on April 18, 2018 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. In over 4 years of activity, the probe has given numerous new discoveries including this one of the super-Earth.
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By: Miss Cherry May Timbol – Independent Reporter
