SpazeHot Jupiter, 135 light years away, HR 8799
HR 8799 e
One of four giant planets astronomers have filmed orbiting their star over years.
- Distance
- 135 light years
- Year
- 57 years
- Size
- 1.2 × Jupiter
- Temperature
- 877 °C
- Mass
- 10 × Jupiter
- Found
- 2010, W. M. Keck Observatory
Can we live on HR 8799 e?
Air: H₂, He. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 18.49 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 1294 kg there.
Temperature: 877 °C on average.
Clouds: Young, still glowing from its formation.
Atmosphere
- H₂
- He
- H₂O
- CO
- CO₂
Measured by VLT GRAVITY, JWST