Astronomen ontdekken planeet met de dichtheid van een suikerspin

Een internationaal team onder leiding van onderzoekers van het EXOTIC Laboratorium van de universiteit van Luik, in samenwerking met MIT en het Astrophysics Institute in Andalusië, heeft zojuist WASP-193b gevonden, een reuzenplaneet met een

https://www.kuuke.nl/astronomen-ontdekken-planeet-met-de-dichtheid-van-een-suikerspin/

#dichtheid #exoplaneet #harps #speculoos #suikerspin #trappist #UniversiteitVanLuik #WASP193b

#astronomy #exoplanet #WASP193b

An article published in the journal "Nature Astronomy" reports the identification of the exoplanet WASP-193 b, a gas giant whose diameter is approximately 1.5 times Jupiter's but with a mass that is only one-seventh of Jupiter's. A team of researchers led by Khalid Barkaoui of the University of Liège, Belgium, used the WASP-South telescope to locate WASP-193 b and then study its characteristics with other instruments.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2024/05/15/wasp-193-b-is-a-cotton-candy-exoplanet-strange-even-for-this-category/

Located 1,200 light-years from Earth, 50% larger than Jupiter but seven times less massive, WASP-193b is an extraordinarily low-density giant #planet orbiting a distant Sun-like #star. A discovery made by researchers from the EXOTIC Laboratory of #ULiège, in collaboration with MIT and the Astrophysics Institute in Andalusia.

https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_12662566/en/wasp-193b-a-giant-planet-with-a-density-similar-to-that-of-cotton-candy

#astronomy #WASP193b #Space

Can't stop thinking about WASP-193b, a just-discovered exoplanet that's over 1,200 light years away, nearly 50 percent bigger than Jupiter, and is light and fluffy since its density is that of cotton candy 🤯🤤
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-massive-planet-as-light-and-fluffy-as-cotton-candy

#space #science #weird #cool #exoplanets #WASP193b #CottonCandy