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Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet – Harvard Gazette
The first Jupiter-like planet without clouds has been detected by astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Unlike our Jupiter, which…
The first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere has been detected by astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA).
The findings were published this month in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Named WASP-62b, the gas giant was first detected in 2012 through the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) South survey. Its atmosphere, however, had never been closely studied until now.
Known as a hot Jupiter, WASP-62b is 575 light years away and…
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