Scientists have just discovered a large Earth-like planet at a distance of 26 light-years away from Earth. Scientists feel that this recently discovered planet will help them to study the combination of the alien world atmosphere and rocky planets that are similar to our planet Earth, to some extent. The newly discovered planet was named Gliese 486 b. Read on to find out more about this Earth-like planet.
Gliese 486 b – An Super Super Earth?
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As reported by space.com, the new planet was discovered by the astronauts of the CARMENES (high-resolution Calar Alto study for dwarf M with Exoearths with Échelle Spectrographs near infrared and optical). The team published a new study led by Trifon Trifonov from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, which described how the new planet Gliese 486 was discovered. This new planet Gliese 486 b is a rocky exoplanet, in orbit around a red dwarf star at a distance of 26 light-years from Earth.
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According to space.com, the new planet is 1.3 times larger than Earth and has about 2.8 times more mass than Earth. Gliese 486 ba makes one move around the host star every 1.47 ground days. This recently discovered planet provides many opportunities for scientists to study the atmosphere of Earth-like rocky planets. The team at CARMENES also stated in their report that Gliese b has an estimated surface temperature of around 800 degrees Fahrenheit or around 430 degrees Celsius. The temperature setting of the planet makes it a perfect example of an observable feeling. With the planet only 26 light-years away, it will be easier for scientists to study, since most Earth-like planets are hundreds or thousands of light-years away.
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As reported by space.com, because the orbit of the Gliese 486 b is very close to its host star, the planet is more likely to be ‘quickly locked’, always facing the star hospitality, similar to how the moon shows just one face to Earth. So it is quite possible that one side of the planet is always very hot and the other side is always hanging in the cold night. These conditions make it very difficult for life to grow on the planet but further studies will give scientists more data. Trifonov, the project ‘s lead scientist, said in his report that the new planet may be hot and dry, with volcanoes and lava rivers.
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