Scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, led by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty, have found the densest extraterrestrial planet, which is 13 times larger than Jupiter.
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The scientists at PRL have discovered a third exoplanet. The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters reported the study’s results.
The planet’s mass was precisely determined by a team of researchers from India, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States using the PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search spectrograph (PARAS) at the Gurushikhar Observatory in Mt. Abu. The exoplanet is 14 g/cm3 in mass.
The group made important astronomical findings thanks to the innovative technique.
The recently discovered planets revolve around the sub-giant F-type star TOI-4603, which was discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is one of the few known huge giant planets with an extremely high density, according to scientists. It is a significant addition to the population of the less than five known objects in this mass range and is located in the region of transition between enormous giant planets and low-mass brown dwarfs.
The object, also known as TOI 4603b or HD 245134b, has been identified as a planet.
The planet is 731 light years away from Earth and does one complete rotation of its star every 7.24 days. The Earth is sweltering at a temperature of 1396 degrees Celsius.
According to the study, the planet has a temperature of 1,396 degrees Celsius and has a mass that is between 11 and 16 times that of Jupiter.
The exoplanet’s eccentricity value is roughly 0.3, suggesting that it is likely experiencing high-eccentricity tidal migration. According to a press statement from ISRO, the discovery of such systems offers important new information about the processes involved in the genesis, migration, and evolution of giant exoplanets.
