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    Iron and Titanium in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

    August 16, 2018, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Artist's view of a sunset over KELT-9b. The nearby warm blue star covers 35° in the planet's sky, about 70 times the apparent size of the sun in the Earth's sky. Under this scorching sun, the planet's atmosphere is warm enough to shine in reddish-orange tones and vaporize heavy metals such as iron and titanium. Credit: Denis Bajram Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-iron-titanium-atmosphere-exoplanet.html#jCp

    Artist’s view of a sunset over KELT-9b. The nearby warm blue star covers 35° in the planet’s sky, about 70 times the apparent size of the sun in the Earth’s sky. Under this scorching sun, the planet’s atmosphere is warm enough to shine in reddish-orange tones and vaporize heavy metals such as iron and titanium. Credit: Denis Bajram Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-iron-titanium-atmosphere-exoplanet.html#jCp

    Metal vapors have been detected in the atmosphere of an ‘ultra-hot Jupiter’ by a team of astronomers. Exoplanets, planets in other solar systems, can orbit very close to their host star. When, in addition to this, the host star is much hotter than our Sun, then the exoplanet becomes as hot as a star...

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