Posted on 08/24/2022 12:27:09 PM PDT by Red Badger
VIDEO at link...............
Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A team of researchers have discovered an exoplanet about 100 light years away from Earth in the Draco constellation, and they say the world appears to be covered in a deep ocean.
The exoplanet -- called TOI-1452b -- is slightly larger than the Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist. Therefore, astronomers think TOI-1452b could be covered in an ocean.
The exoplanet orbits "a nearby visual-binary M dwarf" star.
University of Montreal researcher Dr. Charles Cadieux led the international team in the discovery and their research was published in the Astronomical Journal.
"TOI-1452b is one of the best candidates for an ocean planet that we have found to date," Cadieux said according to Phys.org. "Its radius and mass suggest a much lower density than what one would expect for a planet that is basically made up of metal and rock, like Earth."
NASA's TESS telescope, which has been operating since 2018, alerted the scientists to the existence of the exoplanet.
Researchers said the exoplanet orbits a much smaller star that our sun and is probably rocky like the Earth, but with a much different mass, radius and density. They say more will be learned about TOI-1452b when NASA's new James Webb Telescope begins atmospheric characterization efforts.
"[Observations] should reveal the true nature of this intriguing exoplanet lying within the radius valley, whether this is a rocky world or one with a volatile envelope," researchers wrote in the study. "TOI-1452b is a unique system for studying exoplanets at the transition between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes."
The researchers noted, however, that it's also possible that TOI-1452b is not an ocean planet. They say it could also be a bare-rock planet with an iron content less than half of the Earth's -- or a terrestrial planet with a thin, low molecular weight atmosphere.
Wet X-O Planet Ping!.................
An ocean of sulfuric acid, right?
All oceans are equal.................
Unlike here on earth where we are covered in deep...
100 light yrs? By the time we get there it will be all dried up if not already.
Maybe we’ll develop warp drive in time...
It’s just a mere 587 trillion miles, you could hike there and back over a long weekend, right?
deep oceans, the perfect planet for deep state.
Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world.
Covered in ocean?? WooHoo! surf’s up! Cowabunga, dudes!!
Good to know!
Oh, wait.
Never mind!
How many Tesla recharges will that take?
The FISHING would be AWESOME!..........................
“The researchers noted, however, that it’s also possible that TOI-1452b is not an ocean planet. They say it could also be a bare-rock planet with an iron content less than half of the Earth’s — or a terrestrial planet with a thin, low molecular weight atmosphere”
or.....or.....or.....ie. they don’t really know much of anything at all.
‘The researchers noted, however, that it’s also possible that TOI-1452b is not an ocean planet. They say it could also be a bare-rock planet with an iron content less than half of the Earth’s — or a terrestrial planet with a thin, low molecular weight atmosphere.’’
That line was buried else non of you would have evne clicke on the article.
Well, it is 100 light-years away, after all. I’d be a lot more skeptical if they did claim to know for sure.
Let's just say that a Tesla could do 100mph for 3 hours before needing a charge.
Let's also say there is a recharge station exactly every 300 miles precisely on course.
Let's also say the charging station can recharge the battery to 100% in just 1 hour.
If you leave on Tuesday, you'll arrive on Friday. 893 million years later. {;^)
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