NASA and its research team announced that they have discovered an exoplanet located about 100 light years from Earth. Orbiting a red dwarf star, this planet is 5 times larger than earth. It is explained that about 25 percent of the planet is covered with water. For this reason, scientists are focusing on the possibility of a new super world.
Leading the research, published in the academic journal The Astronomical Journal, Dr. Regarding the planet, Charles Cadieux said, “TOI-1452b is one of the best candidates among the ocean planets we have discovered so far.”
In the article published about the planet, it was stated that “TOI-1452b is a habitable region that is 70 percent larger than Earth and can provide the appropriate temperature for water to remain liquid.”
Interesting Discoveries About the Planet
The discovery, made by a team led by the University of Montreal, came from observations obtained by NASA’s TESS satellite, assisted by onboard telescopes. This planet, located 100 light years from Earth, was named TOI-1452b. According to the report about the planet; There is a habitable zone on the planet where the temperature is suitable for water to remain liquid. For this reason, scientists think that the planet may be covered by the ocean.
TOI-1452b orbits one of two smaller stars in a binary system in the constellation Draco. The planet orbits the M dwarf star, a star 4 times smaller than the sun. On the planet, which has been found to rotate at a very high speed, 1 year lasts only 11 days. The star around which the planet revolves is much smaller and cooler than the sun. For this reason, the planet can receive as much light from this star as Venus does from the sun.
Scientists have expressed the need for more research on the planet. But first impressions of the planet are that it might be a rock planet with little or no atmosphere. It is also thought that the planet may be a terrestrial planet with a low molecular weight atmosphere.
It is preparing to observe TOI-1452b with the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm the existence of liquid water on the planet. “On planets in the habitable zone, we need to see if that much water can survive for long,” said study co-author Rene Doyon.
