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In 2013, astronomers discovered a planet named ‘WASP-76b’ located nearly 640 light years away from the earth in the constellation Pisces. WASP-76b orbits the F-type star WASP-76 once every 1.8 days.
It takes as long to rotate around its axis as it does to go around the parent star. Being so close to its host star, the planet is a hot gas-giant and tidally locked as well, means, one side of the planet permanently faces the star causing hot temperatures of around 4,532 degrees F (2,500 degrees C) — hot enough to vaporize iron.
The side of WASP-76b that faces away from the planet's parent star is cooler by at least 1,832 degrees F (1,000 degrees C), but this means that when iron vapour is carried across the hemisphere by powerful winds, they are cooled, forming liquid droplets.
These droplets of molten iron then fall, bombarding the cooler side of the planet, making the rains of molten iron.
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#scienceofspace #exoplanet #wasp76b
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In 2013, astronomers discovered a planet named ‘WASP-76b’ located nearly 640 light years away from the earth in the constellation Pisces. WASP-76b orbits the F-type star WASP-76 once every 1.8 days.
It takes as long to rotate around its axis as it does to go around the parent star. Being so close to its host star, the planet is a hot gas-giant and tidally locked as well, means, one side of the planet permanently faces the star causing hot temperatures of around 4,532 degrees F (2,500 degrees C) — hot enough to vaporize iron.
The side of WASP-76b that faces away from the planet's parent star is cooler by at least 1,832 degrees F (1,000 degrees C), but this means that when iron vapour is carried across the hemisphere by powerful winds, they are cooled, forming liquid droplets.
These droplets of molten iron then fall, bombarding the cooler side of the planet, making the rains of molten iron.
Tags :-
#scienceofspace #exoplanet #wasp76b
