James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Since he took office, he has collected a lot of data, and thanks to this data, we have had the opportunity to observe many celestial bodies that we were previously unaware of, or to gain more information about celestial bodies that we do know about. One of these bodies was a “fuzzy and crooked” planet, which is quite rarely seen.

This interesting planet, called WASP-107 b, comes from the Sun. 210 light years It orbits a small orange star in the distance. Although the volume of the planet, which was first discovered in 2017, is almost the same as that of Jupiter, there is a large difference between their masses. WASP-107bIts mass is only 10 percent of Jupiter’s mass.

Unbalanced and hot

WASP-107bis a planet that is very close and locked to its star, meaning that it always rotates on the same side during the day. A year on the planet is only five days. This situation makes one side of the planet look much puffier than the other.

This fluffy planet is so close to its star Although it is not as hot as other planets It’s not a place to go on holiday, the heat 477 degrees Celsius finds it. Researchers say such a structure is rare even among exoplanets.

Characteristics and structure of the planet above JWST transmission spectroscopy instrument was also investigated. It was possible to learn the structure of the planet thanks to the passages in front of its own sun.

Research nature astronomyIt was published in .