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"Super Jupiter"/ Scientists discover a giant planet near our solar system

2024-07-27 19:58:39Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Super Jupiter"/ Scientists discover a giant planet near our solar
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Scientists have discovered a giant planet with the help of the "James Webb" space telescope. Researchers have long suspected a massive object orbiting a star 12 million light-years away, but the new discovery has surprised scientists about the size of the new planet.

An old, giant, cold planet orbits a neighboring star. Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly observe this Jupiter-sized planet. The researchers used a telescope mechanism to create the shadow effect. By blocking out the starlight, the researchers spotted the planet as a point of infrared light.

"Super Jupiter"/ Scientists discover a giant planet near our solar

An international team of researchers, led by scientist Elisabeth Marthews with the Max Planck Institute in Germany, collected the images last year and published their findings in the journal Nature.

"It's been a long and exciting wait and we can finally look at and confirm the planet and the data," says scientist Elisabeth Marthews with the Max Planck Institute in Germany.

Research shows that the planet orbits the star Epsilon Indi A, about 12 million light years away. A light year is about 9.46 trillion kilometers, or the distance that light travels in one year. Scientists say it takes the planet about 100 to 250 years to orbit the star.

The planet is about 15 times farther from the star than Earth's distance from the sun, or half the distance between Saturn and Uranus. Scientists believe the planet and star are 3.5 billion years old, or 1 billion years younger than our own solar system, says Matthews.

"We think it's the closest planet to our solar system that's bigger than Jupiter. "Giant planets are interesting to study the physical and chemical side of the formation of a giant planet."

The star can be seen clearly from the southern hemisphere. The discovery of the planet highlights the capabilities of the telescope, says the scientist.

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021, the most powerful observatory by NASA and the European Space Agency.


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