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Tracking the Weather On an Exoplanet

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-when-dad-runs-out-of-content-on-the-weather-channel dept.

schwit1 writes: Scientists have begun gathering increasingly detailed information about the atmosphere and weather on the exoplanet HD189733B, 63 light years away with an orbit that produces a transit every 2.2 days. The temperature appears to rise with increasing altitude, reaching 3,000 degrees at the top of the atmosphere. There are also strong winds blowing from the cold to the hot side of the planet.

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  1. Weather forecast by rossdee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not going to be very usefil knowing what its going to be like tomorrow when that was 63 years ago