With A Temperature Of 3,200°C, WASP-189b Is The ‘Most Extreme Planet Ever Seen’ Confirm Scientists – India Times

A European Space Agency satellite tasked with tracking down exoplanets has made its first big catch: a world so hot that its atmosphere could melt iron, astrophysicists have reported.
Some 322 light years away in the constellation Libra, WASP-189b is so close to its host star that it orbits in less than three days. “This object is one of the most extreme planets we know so far,”
said lead author Monika Lendl, a scientist at the University of Geneva, describing it as “very exotic.”
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