Star “pulls” the outer shell of a hot Jupiter.
Scientists engaged in the search for young planets in the milky Way, discovered a unique phenomenon.
It turned out that the hot Jupiter located in the constellation of Orion, a very young star removes the outer layers. The results of the researches of scientists, reports ScienceAlert!
PTFO8 planet-8695 b orbits the parent star PTFO8-8695 with a period of 11 years. Tearing of the outer layers takes place under the influence of the radiation of the stars. It should be noted that the age of light is extremely small star was formed about two million years ago.
Star system is located at a distance of 1100 light years from Earth. The mass of the discovered planet is about two Jupiter masses. According to researchers, the planet was formed away from the star, and then migrated to those areas in which there is now, and where star began actively to destroy.
