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Content Provider | AstroPix |
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Description | This graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows how astronomers located a hot spot on a distant gas planet named upsilon Andromedae b -- and learned that it was in the wrong place. This planet -- termed an exoplanet because it orbits a star beyond our sun -- whips around very closely to its star. It is tidally locked, meaning that one side always faces the star. One might think the hottest point of the planet would be smack dab in the middle of this sun-facing side, but previous research has shown that exoplanet hot spots can be offset, or over to the side, by up to 30 degrees. This plot shows that the hot spot on upsilon Andromedae b is even farther over to the side -- a whopping 80 degrees. Astronomers figured this out by measuring the total infrared light of the planet and star, as the planet orbits around. (The planet is not transiting or crossing in front of its star, so it doesn't block the star's light.) When the hot spot faces Earth, the total brightness of the system will go up, as measured by Spitzer's heat-seeking, infrared eyes. The black line shows what the system's light variations, or light curve, would look like if the hot spot were in the middle of the sun-facing side of the planet. The yellow line shows what was actually observed: the light curve is offset by 80 degrees, indicating that the hot spot is, oddly, almost all the way over the side. Astronomers are not sure how this can be. |
File Format | TIF / TIFF |
Language | English |
Publisher | Spitzer Science Center |
Publisher Date | 2011-09-01 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | Public Domain |
Subject Keyword | Gas Giant Planet Hot Jupiter Special Cases Upsilon Andromedae |
Content Type | Image |
Educational Role | Student Teacher |
Educational Use | Self Learning Classroom |
Education Level | Any Level/Generic |
Resource Type | Chart |
Subject | Physics Solar System |
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