El concepto de este artista muestra cómo podría verse el Wasp-107 b Exoplanet en base a datos recientes recopilados por James Webb Space Telescope de la NASA, junto con WASP-107 B orbita su estrella a una distancia de aproximadamente 5 millones de millas (0.055 unidades astronómicas, o AU), completando un circuito en 5.72 días. El planeta está bloqueado por la marea: gira al mismo ritmo que orbita la estrella, lo que significa que un lado está iluminado permanentemente, con el otro en la oscuridad continua, sin un ciclo de día nocturno. The orbit of WASP-107 b is slightly elliptical, which means that the gravitational pull between the star and planet changes continuously as the planet moves toward and away from the star during its orbit. Observations of 0.8- to 12-micron infrared light captured by Hubble’s WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3), and Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), NIRSpec (Near-Infrared El espectrógrafo), y MIRI (instrumento de infrarrojo medio), sugieren que el planeta tiene un núcleo relativamente grande rodeado por una masa relativamente pequeña de hidrógeno y gas de helio, que se ha inflado debido al calentamiento de marea del interior. wasp-107 b no ha sido directamente imágenes por ningún telescopio. NASA, ESA, CSA, RALF CRAWFORD (STSCI)
| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | WASP-107 b |
| Object Description | Warm Neptune Exoplanet |
| R.A. Position | 12h33m32.74s |
| Dec. Position | -10d08m46.37s |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Distance | 210 light-years |
| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Image Credit | The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content. |
| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
