NASA spoke about the planet on which the biblical hell reigns

Miscellaneous / by admin / June 03, 2022

At the same time, on the Internet, many consider it a wonderful diamond planet.

The James Webb telescope in the coming weeks could give us our first look at the planet 55 Cancri e (yes, the one that is on the Web called diamond planet). It is located 50 million light-years from Earth and belongs to the super-Earth class - that is, it is larger in mass than our planet, but smaller than Neptune. NASA thought the moment was perfect for tellwhat we already know about this terrible place.

55 Cancri e orbits too close to a star similar to our Sun. As a result, conditions on the planet resemble the biblical description of hell: the surface temperature is much higher than the point melting of typical rock-forming minerals, so that the surface of the dayside is covered with a constantly burning lava.

Here's how NASA describes it:

Imagine if the Earth were much closer to the Sun. So close that a year would only last a few hours. So close that, under the influence of gravity, one hemisphere would be constantly under scorching daylight, and the other in endless darkness. So close that the oceans would boil, the rocks would melt, and the clouds would start spewing lava.

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There is nothing like it in the solar system. Thanks to "James Webb", scientists hope to find out whether the planet has a fixed position of the hemispheres, or they rotate, forming day and night. The less powerful Spitzer telescope was able to determine that the hottest point on the planet is not directed directly towards the star.

This created two theories at once. There is a possibility that the planet has a dynamic atmosphere that moves heat. But there is also a chance that the planet rotates, so that day and night alternate on it - but there is no pleasant coolness for the hellish place:

In this scenario, the surface will heat up, melt, and even evaporate during the course of the day, creating a very thin atmosphere.

In the evening, the vapor would cool and condense, forming drops of lava that would flow back to the surface, and become solid again at nightfall.

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The power of "James Webb" is enough to determine the presence of an atmosphere on this planet and find out what is happening on it. The telescope will begin operations in the coming weeks and spend its first year studying 55 Cancri e and exoplanet LHS 3844 b so scientists can learn more about the evolution of rocky Earth-like planets.