HD 189733 b, an planet located 64 light-years from Earth, has been found to have an environment that smells like rotten eggs, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The world, which is a oil giant similar in size to Jupiter, has trace amounts of gas sulfur in its environment, causing an unpleasant taste.
Due to its close contact to its legend, HD 189733 b is categorized as a popular Jupiter planet, which means it has extremely high temperatures. The earth orbits its celebrity in only 2.2 time, resulting in a surface temperatures of 1, 700 degrees Fahrenheit. In comparison, Jupiter, the oil giant in our solar system, takes about 12 World times to orbit the sun.
NASA has described HD 189733 b as a “nightmare earth” and a “killer you rarely see coming”. The planet’s environment is rife with glass that downspouts, and it also experiences winds that can blast up to 5,400 miles per hour. ” Getting caught in the rain on this globe is more than an trouble, it’s death by a thousand breaks”, according to NASA.
The James Webb Space Telescope has been very helpful in the study of HD 189733 b, which was first made public in 2005.
Researchers believe that the planet’s atmosphere’s revelation of hydrogen sulfide provides new information on how carbon might affect gas worlds that are located outside the solar system.
Finding hydrogen sulfide is a moving rock for finding this protein on other planets and gaining more knowledge of how different types of stars form, according to Guangwei Fu, an scientist at Johns Hopkins University who led the study.
The research team intends to continue studying carbon in different planets to better comprehend their development and structure.
