K2-33b

Författare/Upphovsman:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Kreditera:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20690

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/bca63

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

4800 x 2700 Pixel (1549916 Bytes)

Beskrivning:

K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date. It makes a complete orbit around its star in about five days. These two characteristics combined provide exciting new directions for planet-formation theories. K2-33b could have formed on a farther out orbit and quickly migrated inward. Alternatively, it could have formed in situ, or in place.

Licens:

Public domain