The fact that the celestial body was not consumed by a red giant star shocked the scientific community.
A planet that should not exist was discovered through the exoplanet search mission of the POT. This news shocked the scientific community and revealed a new mystery to be solved. The discovery was made by an international team of scientists led by astronomer Marc Hon, from the University of Hawaii.
The investigation indicated that it is the planet 8 Ursae Minoris B. What confuses researchers is that the planet orbits 530 light years away from a star that is in its last stages of life. Scientists claim that: “the star would have engulfed and destroyed any planet orbiting near it”. But despite this, the celestial body maintains a stable orbit, with an almost circular path.
NASA: the theories about the planet they believed destroyed
The discovery of planet 8 Ursae Minoris B It surprised every researcher and astronomy fan because its existence would be impossible under the knowledge that humanity had. This contradiction allowed us to know that the destruction of planets is more complex and unpredictable than previously thoughtwhich marked a new beginning to develop our knowledge.
One of the most elaborate theories is that the planet was spared because it once orbited between two stars that were at different stages of their lives. One was a red giant, which burned hydrogen until it became so hot that its helium core ignited and began to shrink. The other was an older star, a white dwarf that burned helium. Rammers theorize that the red giant star formed when the younger star absorbed the other.
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The person in charge of the research group, Marc Hon also does not rule out that the blue body was formed by the collision of the debris left by the merger between both stars.. Furthermore, he detailed that 8 Ursae Minoris B It is located 0.5 astronomical units from its star, taking into account that one unit of them is equivalent to approximately 150 million kilometers.
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