Astronomers have been researching the planets of the solar system for centuries. The first of them were discovered due to the unusual movement in the night sky of some luminous bodies that are different from others, not moving stars. The Greeks called them strangers - "planan" in Greek.
The very complex nature of the entire planetary system was first pointed out by the famous Galileo, who, having examined through the Jupiter telescope, noticed how other celestial bodies revolve around this gas giant. The first planet, located outside of our solar system, was discovered only in 1994.
The article presents some of the most unusual planets in the universe.
General information
The alien world has not yet been fully explored and mysterious. Dr. Alexander Wolshchan observed unusual changes in the signal of the pulsar of the star Beta Pictoris. 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 the methods of forming celestial bodies, and even about the development of the universe over 13 billion years.
There are among the planets in the Universe so unusual that they are more like the fruit of science fiction than real celestial bodies.
Below are 10 unusual planets.
TrES-2b
Its other names are a black hole planet or a planet devouring light.
In size, it is close to Jupiter. Located at a distance of about 750 light years. This planet absorbs so much light that it is considered the darkest among the known objects of the Universe. This is a gas giant like Jupiter, but it reflects less than one percent of the light. Therefore, this heavenly body is very dark, and it is very difficult to detect. And 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 approximately 30% larger than Jupiter. 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 lead to the strong evaporation of various gases contained in its atmosphere, like air from a balloon. This unusual planet stunned astronomers.
Hat-p-1
It is larger than Uranus in size and seems to float in water. Thanks to this, it belongs to unusual celestial bodies.
This is the recently discovered gas giant, which is half the size of Jupiter. However, the planet looks unusual.
HD 106906 b
The most unusual planets (see photo below) include the charming HD 106906 b of the constellation Kraks. This is the most lonely planet located 300 Earths from Earth. In size, it is 11 times larger than Jupiter.
This is a real discovery of our time. Despite its enormous size, it rotates 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.
Metusela
It is unusual in that it is about a billion years younger than the universe. It was believed that the age of Metusela 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 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 in the orbit of another star. According to astronomers, it was once a giant gas planet like Saturn and Neptune, but then the atmospheric gas levels decreased due to the close proximity to the star.
The planet is always facing the star on one side, at which 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. In size, this unusual planet is roughly like Neptune, but 20 times the size of the Earth.
The temperature on this planet in Fahrenheit is 822 degrees. Due to the fact that 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
Such a wonderful name has the young star Fomalhaut along with space debris surrounding her. All together, it looks like a giant eye, looking from outer space. It is eternal and does not blink.
Space debris from stones, ice and dust creates a giant disk around the eye, which is 2 times larger than the entire solar system.
