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The hottest-ever planet found by scientists so far is WASP 33 b orbiting a star some 380 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.
The planet discovered in 2010 is a so-called hot Jupiter, a giant gas planet that has migrated very close to its star over time. Its temperature is estimated at a whopping 3,200 degrees Celsius. For comparison, the temperature of the hottest planet in the Solar System, Venus, is just 460 degrees Celsius.
WASP 33 b is described in a new paper submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by astronomers from Keele University and the University of St Andrews in Scotland and also the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Spanish Canary Islands.
Source:rt.com
WASP 33 b is described in a new paper submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by astronomers from Keele University and the University of St Andrews in Scotland and also the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Spanish Canary Islands.
Source:rt.com
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