Scoperto da Hubble, sarà studiato meglio dal prossimo telescopio spaziale: il James Webb Space Telescope...
No, it is not a planet where football is played continuously, but a planet with an elongated shape, which is somewhat reminiscent of that of an oval ball... it is called WASP-121b and is 900 light-years from Earth. Its strange shape is due to the fact that it is so close to the star around which it orbits, that the gravitational forces deform it; this closeness means that the temperature of its upper atmosphere is around 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit!
Discovered by Hubble, it will be better studied by the next space telescope: the James Webb Space Telescope...
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