Showing posts with label light year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label light year. Show all posts

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Giant planet discovered outside our galaxy !

Recently astronomers discovered something which can be a great break through in the field of astronomy. They discovered a planet, and named it as HIP 13044b (that is, combination of hydrogen and helium gases, also known as Helmi stream group of stars). It is a gas planet and biggest planet ever discovered by humans !
Also, it is the first planet discovered outside out galaxy, which is around 400 times heavier than earth, that is its mass will be around 400*earth mass =  2.38968 × 10^25 kilograms !! It is around 2000 light years (that is around 1.89210568 × 10^16 Kilometers) away from Earth.

I've summarized the properties of the planet below, you can see them as they are listed :)
Planet name : HIP 13044b
Weight : 25% heavier than Jupiter !
Mass : 400 earth mass =  2.38968 × 10^25 kilograms !
Future : Orbiting around a star, which will be dead soon (as it is in red giant phase) and can consume the planets in its solar system !

Another interesting fact is that till now we (I mean astronomers and scientist) discovered 500 planets in our universe ! and who knows there can another 500 revolving or stationary planets exist in our mysterious universe. Also, there is a possibility that the new planets discovered might be larger than this planet !!

Hope the article for useful and you liked it !!
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Monday, October 4, 2010

A planet which is almost Earth's Duplicate !!

Do you know astronomers and scientist have discovered a planet, named Gliese 581g which is almost similar to Earth. And this news was told by team at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington to the world. The reasons I say almost similar to Earth but not exactly same are as follows,
  1. The planet discovered doesn't belong to our solar system.
  2. The newly discovered planet revolves round the dwarf planet Gliese 581.
  3. Gliese 581g's mass is 3 times that of Earth's mass, that is around 17.9226 * 10^24 kilograms (since earth's mass is 5.9742 * 10^24 kilograms and 17.9226 * 10^24 = 3 * 5.9742 * 10^24).
  4. The average temperature as estimated by the astronomers is from -24 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, that is around -31 to -12 degrees Celsius.
  5. It is almost 20 light years away from Earth, that is around 1.89210568 × 10^14 Kilometers (since 1 light year=9.4605284 × 10^12 Kilometers).
  6. Gliese 581g is rocky and the gravity is similar to that of Earth.
Now, what is the problem ?
Till now astronomers are not successful in detecting water on this planet.

So, still the biggest question with respect to astronomy is again unanswered, that is Is there any other planet which supports life?

And the mystery of Universe continues !!