Artist Impression of the exoplanet WASP-76b
This artist impression illustrates how astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have made multiple detections of rock-forming elements in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet, WASP-76b. The so-called “hot Jupiter” is perilously close to its host star, which is heating the planet’s atmosphere to astounding temperatures and vaporized rock-forming elements such as magnesium, calcium and iron, providing insight into how our own Solar System formed.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2318a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | June 14, 2023, 8 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2318 |
Size: | 4110 x 2160 px |
About the Object
Category: | Exoplanets Illustrations |
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