Scientists-astronomers have been studying the planets of the solar system for many centuries. The first of these were discovered due to the unusual movement in the night sky of some luminous bodies, different from other non-moving stars. The Greeks called them wanderers - "planan" in Greek.
The very complex nature of the entire planetary system was first pointed out by the famous Galileo, who, having examined Jupiter through a telescope, noticed how other celestial bodies revolve around this gas giant. The first planet outside our solar system was only discovered in 1994.
The article features some of the most unusual planets in the universe.
General information
The alien world has not yet been fully explored and is mysterious. Dr. Alexander Volshchan observed unusual changes in the signal of the pulsar of the star Beta Piktoris. He proved the existence of several planets in orbit. After that, another 1888 exoplanets were discovered, which radically changed the ideas of astronomers about space, about waysthe formation of celestial bodies and even the development of the universe over 13 billion years.
Among the planets in the universe, there are so unusual that they look more like the fruit of science fiction than real celestial bodies.
The following are 10 unusual planets.
TrES-2b
Its other names are black hole planet or light-eating planet.
It is close in size to Jupiter. It is located at a distance of about 750 light years. This planet absorbs light so much that it is considered the darkest known object in the universe. It is a Jupiter-type gas giant, but it reflects less than one percent of the light. Therefore, this celestial body is very dark, and it is very difficult to detect it. Yet it is a hot planet that emits a reddish, dim glow.
HD 209458b
The planet Osiris is located in the constellation Pegasus at a distance of approximately 150 light years. It is also larger than Jupiter by about 30%. The orbit of Osiris is equal to 1/8 of the distance from the Sun to Mercury, and the Fahrenheit temperature on this planet is approximately 1832 degrees.
The pressure and heat of a gas planet cause the various gases contained in its atmosphere to evaporate strongly, like air from a balloon. This unusual planet has stunned astronomers.
HAT-P-1
It is larger than Uranus and seems to float in water. Thanks to this, it belongs to unusual celestial bodies.
This is a recently discovered gas giant that is half the size of Jupiter. However, it looksplanet extraordinarily.
HD 106906 b
The most unusual planets (see photo below) include the charming HD 106906 b of the constellation Crax. This is the loneliest planet, located at a distance of 300 light years from Earth. It is 11 times the size of Jupiter.
This is a real discovery of our time. Despite its colossal size, it revolves around its star at a distance of 20 times the distance between Neptune and the Sun, which is approximately equal to 60,000,000,000 miles.
J1407 b and her rings
This unusual planet was discovered in 2012. The distance from Earth to it is 400 light years. The planet has its own system of rings, the dimensions of which exceed Saturn by 200 times.
The ring system is so large that if applied to Saturn, they would dominate the earth's sky. This planet is much larger than the full moon.
Methuselah
It is unusual in that it is about a billion years younger than the universe. It was believed that the age of Methuselah could not be about 13 billion years due to the lack of materials in the Universe for its formation. And yet it is 3 times older than the Earth.
An unusual planet moves among the stars of the constellation Scorpio, bound together by gravity.
CoRoT-7b
This celestial body was the first rocky planet discovered orbiting another star. According to astronomers, it was once a giant gas planet, like Saturn and Neptune, but then the gas levels in the atmosphere dropped due toclose proximity to the star.
The planet always faces the star on one side, where the temperature is 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. The other side is frozen (350F). All this explains the occurrence of stone rains.
Gliese 436 b
It is a burning ball of ice. This unusual planet is about the size of Neptune, but 20 times the size of Earth.
The temperature on this planet is 822 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to the fact that the hot ice on the planet is held by huge gravitational forces, water molecules do not evaporate and do not leave the planet.
Eye of Sauron
The young star Fomalhaut, along with the space debris surrounding it, has such a wonderful name. All this together looks like a giant eye looking out from outer space. It is eternal and does not blink.
Space debris from rocks, ice and dust creates a giant disk around the eye, which is 2 times the size of the entire solar system.
55 Cancri
This Super-Earth class planet was discovered in 2004. Its dimensions are 2 times larger than the Earth. The temperature reaches 3900 degrees Fahrenheit. The large rocky planet consists mainly of carbon that has turned into graphite and diamond. Given the current value of the diamond (according to market valuations), the value of the planet is $26.9 nonillion.
This richest object is located at a distance of about 40 light years from the planet Earth.
