Temperature map of the hot Jupiter WASP-121 b

Описание: A group of astronomers, led by Thomas Mikal-Evans from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have made the first detailed measurement of atmospheric nightside conditions of a tidally locked hot Jupiter. By including measurements from the dayside hemisphere, they determined how water changes physical states when moving between the hemispheres of the exoplanet WASP-121 b.

The animation provides the temperature map derived from the data obtained for this study.

Results are published in:
T. Mikal-Evans et al., "Diurnal variations in the stratosphere of the ultrahot giant exoplanet WASP-121b", Nature Astronomy (2022), DOI: 10.1038/s41550-021-01592-w

MPIA press release:
https://www.mpia.de/news/science/2022...

Video credit: T. Mikal-Evans (MPIA) / T. Müller (MPIA/HdA)