The planet TOI-1431b is located 490 light years from Earth and has a temperature above the melting point of most metals.
Astrophysicist Brett Addison of the University of South Queensland Center for Astrophysics and international colleagues discovered the large planet TOI-1431b about 490 light years from Earth, according to Cnet on April 27. Its mass is three times that of Jupiter – the largest planet in the solar system.
TOI-1431b is located very close to its host star, so it only takes 2.5 days to complete an orbit. It also makes it one of the hottest planets ever discovered. “These particularly hot planets are called super hot Jupiter. They are quite rare,” Addison said.
“The world is extremely harsh, the daytime temperature is around 2,700 degrees Celsius and the nighttime temperature is around 2,300 degrees Celsius, no living thing can exist in the atmosphere. In fact, the nighttime temperature. The heat of the planet is the second on record, ”he added.
The TOI-1431b was first discovered by NASA’s TESS satellite. Then Addison used telescopes over the Canary Islands to collect more data and confirm the existence of the planet.
“A practical example of the TOI-1431b’s temperature is that it is hotter than the melting point of most metals and more than molten lava. In fact, the planet’s daytime temperature is 40% higher than its clear star. The Milky Way. The temperature of this planet is as close as the heat of gas emitted by a rocket engine, “Addison said.
Additionally, TOI-1431b has another unique feature that has an inverse orbital, meaning it moves in the opposite direction to the rotation of the host star. “The new discovery provides a great opportunity to study the atmospheres of these planets, thereby learning more about how they form and move,” Addison said.
