Artist’s illustration of temperature inversion in exoplanet’s atmosphere
NASA scientists detected a stratosphere on WASP-33b by measuring the drop in light as the planet passed behind its star (top). Temperatures in the low stratosphere rise (right) because of molecules absorbing radiation from the star; otherwise, temperatures would cool down at higher altitudes (left).
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Credit:NASA, ESA, and K. Haynes and A. Mandell (Goddard Space Flight Center)
About the Image
About the Object
Name: | WASP-33b |
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Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Category: | Exoplanets Illustrations |