The Secrets of the Universe | Finally, We Found a Planet That's Entirely Covered With Water @TheSecretsoftheUniverse | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
Remember's Miller's planet from the movie Interstellar? Well, astronomers may have discovered a similar planet that's entirely covered with an ocean of water. It orbits a star slightly smaller than the Sun in a remarkably short period of just 4.9 days. That’s puzzling because the orbital period of the planet implies that it lies too close to the star. This means that something intriguing is happening on the planet that is allowing it to harbor an ocean of water on its surface. The discovery of this exoplanet has solved another long-standing exoplanet mystery - the radius valley puzzle.
So, how did astronomers discover this distant planet? What clues hint at the possibility of water ocean on its surface? Finally, and most importantly, why is the discovery of this exoplanet so critical to astronomy?
The 60th episode of the Sunday Discovery Series answers these questions.
All Episodes Of The Series: bit.ly/369kG4p
Basics of Astrophysics series: bit.ly/3xII54M
RESEARCH PAPER:
TOI-733 b: a planet in the small-planet radius valley orbiting a Sun-like star, Georgieva et al. - bit.ly/3N1OeE2
Created By: Rishabh Nakra
Written By: Simran Buttar
Narrated By: Jeffrey Smith
Remember's Miller's planet from the movie Interstellar? Well, astronomers may have discovered a similar planet that's entirely covered with an ocean of water. It orbits a star slightly smaller than the Sun in a remarkably short period of just 4.9 days. That’s puzzling because the orbital period of the planet implies that it lies too close to the star. This means that something intriguing is happening on the planet that is allowing it to harbor an ocean of water on its surface. The discovery of this exoplanet has solved another long-standing exoplanet mystery - the radius valley puzzle.
So, how did astronomers discover this distant planet? What clues hint at the possibility of water ocean on its surface? Finally, and most importantly, why is the discovery of this exoplanet so critical to astronomy?
The 60th episode of the Sunday Discovery Series answers these questions.
All Episodes Of The Series: bit.ly/369kG4p
Basics of Astrophysics series: bit.ly/3xII54M
RESEARCH PAPER:
TOI-733 b: a planet in the small-planet radius valley orbiting a Sun-like star, Georgieva et al. - bit.ly/3N1OeE2
Created By: Rishabh Nakra
Written By: Simran Buttar
Narrated By: Jeffrey Smith
