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In August 2017, astronomers discovered a planet named ‘OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb’ located nearly 13,000 light years away from the earth in the constellation Sagittarius. It orbits a “low mass ultracool brown dwarf" star named OGLE-2016-BLG-1195L, which is only 7.8 percent the size of the Sun.
The planet ‘OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb’ has a mass and size similar to Earth and is located about the same distance from its host star as the Earth is from the Sun. But because the host star is so small and cool, it hardly provide any heat to the planet, so the planet is likely far too cold to be habitable having temperature upto -240°C. As a result, it holds the title of the coldest planet yet discovered.
The planet is popularly referred to as ‘Hoth’ in reference to an icy planet in the Star Wars franchise. Contrary to its fictional counterpart, however, it won’t be able to sustain much of an atmosphere. This is because most of its gases will be frozen solid – adding to the snow on the surface.
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#scienceofspace #coldestplanet #coolestplanet
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In August 2017, astronomers discovered a planet named ‘OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb’ located nearly 13,000 light years away from the earth in the constellation Sagittarius. It orbits a “low mass ultracool brown dwarf" star named OGLE-2016-BLG-1195L, which is only 7.8 percent the size of the Sun.
The planet ‘OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb’ has a mass and size similar to Earth and is located about the same distance from its host star as the Earth is from the Sun. But because the host star is so small and cool, it hardly provide any heat to the planet, so the planet is likely far too cold to be habitable having temperature upto -240°C. As a result, it holds the title of the coldest planet yet discovered.
The planet is popularly referred to as ‘Hoth’ in reference to an icy planet in the Star Wars franchise. Contrary to its fictional counterpart, however, it won’t be able to sustain much of an atmosphere. This is because most of its gases will be frozen solid – adding to the snow on the surface.
Tags :-
#scienceofspace #coldestplanet #coolestplanet
