Astronomers talked about one of the hottest exoplanets ever discovered in space exploration. The celestial body is located in the constellation Chanterelle, the temperature of its atmosphere is about 850 ° C.
According to the scientific journal ToDay News Ufa, this object, numbered hd 18977 3b, is a gas giant orbiting an orange dwarf star HD 189733 A. This planet belongs to the type of hot Jupiters and has a size slightly larger than Jupiter, which is located in our solar system.
Another interesting feature of hd 18977 3b is its color. It would seem that because of the high temperature, the planet should look red or bright orange from the side, but in fact the gas giant is colored blue. This is facilitated by silicon dust particles that absorb green and red light waves.
Under the influence of temperature, silicon dust particles in the atmosphere turn into pieces of glass and scatter around the area at a speed of 2 km / s, threatening anyone who decides to land on their hot planet.