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a team of researchers has found an exoplanet
about one hundred light years faraway from earth within the Draco
constellation, and that they say it seems to be covered in a deep ocean.
The exoplanet -- known as TOI-1452b -- is
slightly larger than the earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone,"
in which temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to
exist. Therefore, astronomers assume TOI-1452b could be blanketed in an ocean.
The exoplanet orbits "a close-by
visual-binary M dwarf" star.
University of Montreal researcher Dr. Charles
Cadieux led the worldwide group within the discovery and their studies became
published inside the astronomical journal.
"TOI-1452b is one of the nice applicants
for an ocean planet that we've located up to now," Cadieux stated
according to phys.Org. The exoplanets mass and radius is much lower, which
indicates that it has lower density which is obvious for a planet made up of
rock and metal.
NASA’s Tess telescope, which has been
functioning since 2018, alerted the scientists about the life of the exoplanet.
Researchers say the exoplanet orbits a much
smaller star than our sun. And might be rocky just like the earth. However, has
different mass, radius and density. They are saying more can be found out about
TOI-1452b when NASA’s new James Webb telescope starts systematic atmospheric
characterization efforts.
observations should reveal the genuine nature
of this interesting exoplanet. Exists inside the radius valley, whether this is
a rocky world or one with a volatile envelope," researchers wrote inside
the observation. "TOI-1452b is a unique machine for analyzing exoplanets
at the transition between super earths and mini-Neptune’s."
The researchers cited, but, that it is also
feasible that TOI-1452b isn't an ocean planet. They say it could also be a
bare-rock planet with an iron content less than half of the earths. Or a
terrestrial planet with a thin, low molecular weight atmosphere.
