K2-141b - Wikipedia
WEBK2-141b (also designated EPIC 246393474.01) is a massive rocky exoplanet orbiting extremely close to a K Type orange main-sequence star K2-141. The planet was first discovered by the Kepler space telescope during its K2 “Second Light” mission and later observed by the HARPS-N spectrograph.
Meet the hell planet with a magma ocean and rocky rain
WEBNov 11, 2020 · The Earth-size exoplanet – named K2-141b – is a hot lava world on one side, but extremely cold on the other. It has a magma ocean, a rock vapor atmosphere, and supersonic winds.
K2-141 b - Science@NASA
WEBK2-141 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 4.97 Earths, it takes 0.3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.00747 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2018.
Scientists discover bizarre hell planet where it rains rocks and …
WEBNov 6, 2020 · The sodium, silicon monoxide, and silicon dioxide on K2-141b evaporate into mineral vapor, which is carried to the dark side of the planet by supersonic winds that …
The Most Hellish Planet Yet - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBNov 13, 2020 · A new study led by Giang Nguyen from York University in Toronto modeled the atmosphere of an exoplanet known as K2-141b—just over 200 light years from us in the constellation Aquarius—and found...
K2-141 | NASA Exoplanet Archive - California Institute of Technology
WEBCold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small-planet systems from 3661 high-precision HARPS-N radial velocities. No excess of cold Jupiters in small-planet systems. The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List. Homogeneous Analysis of Hot Earths: Masses, Sizes, and Compositions.
This bizarre planet could have supersonic winds in an atmosphere …
WEBNov 5, 2020 · Scientists modeling a planet called K2-141b found that the world is so intense that future space telescopes may be able to detect a thin atmosphere of vaporized rock.
K2-141b: The 'hell planet' with magma oceans, rock rain, 3K mile …
WEBNov 6, 2020 · There’s a planet that might just resemble hell, littered with a miles-deep magma ocean. It’s known as K2-141b, a “lava planet” that revolves so closely around its …
The deep end of the magma ocean - Nature
WEBNov 7, 2022 · For example, the silicate mantle of lava planet K2-141b becomes fully liquid close to 80° from the point at which the planet’s host star is in the zenith.
Discovery alert! Iron-massive super Earth - Science@NASA
WEBJan 18, 2018 · This planet takes only six hours to orbit its K-type star, a journey that takes Mercury 88 days, making it a hot inferno world! K2-141 b is denser than Earth because of its greater mass and its larger iron core.