Astronomers have discovered a unique planet.
An international team of astronomers in the course of work for the study of the star cluster Messier 67 has found much more planets of the type “hot Jupiter” than expected. This was informed by officials at the European southern Observatory.
Verify that these planets are called so that if their weight is at least one third the mass of Jupiter. They are called hot because of their proximity to the parent stars. Such planets may be equal to ten earth day. That such space objects are very different from Jupiter in the Solar system, because of its year takes 12 earth years, and it is much colder than Earth, which is connected with the peculiarities of its atmosphere and remoteness from the Sun.
Messier 67 is a scattered star cluster located in the constellation of Cancer. The space object in 1779, was opened by Johann Gottfried. The age of the star cluster Messier 67 scientists estimated 3.2 to 5 billion years. Experts suggest that an excess of giant planets it may be due to their proximity to each other and the planetary system nearby stars can interact with each other.
The astronomers also clarified that the proximity of “hot Jupiters” to the parent star they can not yet explain. The fact that the planets could not have formed so close to its sun, but experts are unable to understand what drew them to the star and when it happened. Now scientists are working to clarify these issues
