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First cloudless, Jupiter-like planet discovered – Tech Explorist
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere….
Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected the first Jupiter-like planet, named WASP-62b. The planet was detected without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere.
The planet WASP-62b is also known as hot Jupiter that lies about 575 light-years away. It has half the mass of our solar system’s Jupiter. However, unlike our Jupiter, which takes nearly 12 years to orbit the sun, WASP-62b completes a rotation around its star in just four-and-a-half days. This…
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