Question: Why the Planet 2M0437b, which has been recently discovered is different from thousands other planets discovered so far?
a) It is very small
b) It is at very large distance
c) Youngest planet ever found
d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Related facts:-
- An international team of scientists led by University of Hawaii have recently discovered one of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star.
- It was spotted in 2018 using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, and follow-up observations in near-infrared were conducted using the W. M. Keck Observatory.
- The star tracked by the research team for three years to confirm that the planet is it’s, as it moved across the sky.
- This kind of tracking helped the astronomers as they were able to confirm that 2M0437b was moving with it.
- The exquisite data from the Keck Observatory allowed us to confirm that the faint neighbor is moving through space along with its star.
- Astronomer Adam Kraus of the University of Texas said at Austin that our tracking proved that the object is a true companion of the star.
- The research has been accepted into the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and is available on arXiv.
- One thing special about this planet is that it can be directly observed through telescope.
- 2M0437b is among a handful of objects that are helpful in advancing our understanding of how planets form and change with time.
- It is going to help us in shedding new light on the origin of the Solar System and Earth.
- The in-depth research was recently published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.