The exotic planet Gliese 486 b has been classified as a super-earth, with a surface temperature of around 430 degrees Celsius.

They found a planet orbiting the star in relative proximity to the Solar System that provides great terrain for studying the atmosphere of rocky Earth-like planets. The discovery could help in the search for extraterrestrial life.

The planet Gliese 486 b has been categorized as a super-earth. Superlands are extrasolar planets (exoplanets) that have a greater mass than Earth but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter. This is our galaxy, the most common type of planet in the Milky Way. Regarding their composition, they can be rock planets, they can consist of gases, but they can also be mixed celestial bodies.

The mass of Gliese 486 b is 2.8 times that of Earth, about 26.3 light years from Earth, making it one of the closest exoplanets. It orbits a red dwarf that is smaller, cooler, and less bright than the Sun, weighing about a third of our star. Because Gliese 486 b orbits very close to its star, it is exposed to strong radiation. Like Earth, it has a rocky planet, presumably a metallic core.

Its surface temperature can be around 430 degrees Celsius and its surface gravitational force is 70 percent stronger than that of Earth.

Gliese 486 b cannot be inhabited, at least not in the way that Earth does. You probably have a very fine atmosphere, if you have one. However, it is an ideal subject for use in instruments that study the atmosphere of Earth-like planets. The chemical composition of the atmosphere reveals a lot about a planet and whether it is fit for life.

However, due to its proximity to Earth and its physical properties, it is well suited for a new generation of space telescopes and ground-based telescopes to study its atmosphere. The first such device could be NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in October. In this way, they can obtain data that can be used to decipher the atmosphere of other exoplanets far from the Solar System, including those that are fit for life.

Scientists have already discovered more than 4,300 exoplanets (extrasolar planets), several of which are large gaseous planets similar to Jupiter. Others are smaller rocky planets, similar to Earth, which are believed to have the conditions to provide life. However, with the scientific tools currently available, little can be learned about its atmosphere. “An exoplanet must have proper physical properties and trajectories to be suitable for atmospheric research,” said Trifon Trifonov, a planetary researcher at the Max Planck Astronomical Institute in Germany. Sciences is the lead author of research published in the scientific journal.

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