TOI-1231b is visualized by NASA as a giant, smooth purple planet, a world with mild temperatures rarely seen in discovered exoplanets.
A study just published in the Astronomy Journal revealed the mystery surrounding a beautiful planet, just 30 light years away, orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation Vela: TOI-1231b.
TOI-1231b has a radius of 3.65 times that of the Earth and is 15.4 times more massive, a revolution around the mother star takes only 24.3 years and is very close to this star, according to Sci- News.
However, its parent star – TOI-1231 – is a red dwarf, a small star much cooler than our Sun, so the distance turns out to be a benefit to the planet. “Although TOI-1231b is eight times closer to its star than the Earth and the Sun, its temperature is similar to that of the Earth” – Dr Diana Dragomir of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Mexico, member of the research team, said.
It is estimated that the temperature in this hot part of this beautiful purple planet can reach 57 degrees Celsius, but this temperature is still too warm compared to other alien worlds that have been discovered. This temperature also allows it to be one of the smallest and coldest exoplanets with which astronomers can study the atmosphere.
According to Science Daily, this planet is a small gaseous planet, shaped like a “mini Neptune,” which is quite similar to Neptune in the solar system but smaller. It can carry a large atmosphere of hydrogen or helium helium, or a dense atmosphere of water vapor.
This purple planet was discovered by NASA’s “exoplanet hunter” TESS, confirmed by several ground-based observatories, but no modern instrument is yet capable of looking into the real world within its dense sea. of clouds. The authors hope that some of the more advanced alien observation tools that are about to be used will be enough to unlock this mysterious world.
