Clouds on the Hubble Telescope Discover Planet Foreign. CALIFORNIA - Space Telescope, Hubble discovered exoplanet GJ 1214b orbiting nearby red dwarf star. The latest findings reveal their thin clouds in the atmosphere on the alien planet.Reported by TheVerge, Wednesday (01/01/2014), the exoplanet GJ 1214b is 40 light years from Earth. The planet is called 'super-earth' hot orbiting the red dwarf star.
The research report in 2009 revealing GJ 1214b is one of the exciting exoplanet to be studied by astronomers. They studied these exoplanets and hope to find life in other solar systems.
Previously, the planet is described as having a low density gas giants or large to contain rocks. Along with the ongoing study, researchers found no conclusions about the type of atmosphere on the planet.
The Hubble telescope have uncovered atmosphere of GJ 1214b. Telescope sensors measure the light as the planet passes diorbitnya the front of the star. Telescopes equipped with infrared technology that can see more detail of gas around the planet.
Data from the Hubble telescope could be interpreted by astronomers. One possibility is that this exoplanet has the atmosphere, water vapor or other heavy molecules. Another possibility is that the planet has a cloud in high positions of the planets that can cover objects beneath it.
The study, led by Laura Kreidberg and Jacob Bean at the University of Chicago used Hubble to capture the precise measurement of infrared light.
Hubble observed for 96 hours and show that the planet has a cloud that enveloped the top of the atmosphere. "I think it's interesting that we could use the Hubble telescope that could do this observation with the best precision," said the researcher.
This level of precision is expected to be enhanced through Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in 2018.
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