The Pitch-Black Exoplanet WASP-12b
This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet WASP-12b — an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun. Scientists were able to measure its albedo: the amount of light the planet reflects. The results showed that the planet is extremely dark at optical wavelengths.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
About the Image
Id: | heic1714a |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 14 September 2017, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1714 |
Size: | 4500 x 3600 px |
About the Object
Name: | WASP-12b |
Type: | Milky Way : Planet |
Category: | Exoplanets |
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