Artist impression of ultra fluffy gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf star
A gas giant exoplanet [right] with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star [left] by the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The planet, named TOI-3757 b, is the fluffiest gas giant planet ever discovered around this type of star.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2225a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Oct. 20, 2022, 9 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2225 |
Size: | 5120 x 2880 px |
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Category: | Illustrations |
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