Planet Spiraling To Its Doom Discovered By UH Astronomers
December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun. The doomed world is destined to spiral closer and closer to its maturing star until they collide and the planet is obliterated.
The planet, Kepler-1658b, with a mass and size similar to that of Jupiter, is familiar to University of Hawaii . . .
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun. The doomed world is destined to spiral closer and closer to its maturing star until they collide and the planet is obliterated.
The planet, Kepler-1658b, with a mass and size similar to that of Jupiter, is familiar to University of Hawaii . . .