Forecasting Weather on Distant Worlds

Spitzer_sig07-001_1024

spitzer_sig07-001 January 9th, 2007

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

An artist's conception shows a gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star, creating searingly hot conditions on the planet's surface. New research suggests that for three such planets lying from 50 to 150 light-years from Earth, strong winds thousands of miles per hour mix the atmosphere so that the temperature is relatively uniform from the permanently light side to the permanently dark side.

This illustration represents an infrared view of a planetary system, in which brightness indicates warmer temperatures. For example, the bright band around the equator of the planet denotes warmer temperatures on both the dark and sunlit sides. The planet's poles, shown in darker colors, would be cooler.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2179-sig07-001-Forecasting-Weather-on-Distant-Worlds

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Public Domain

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Image Type
Artwork
Subject - General
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System
Planet > Special Cases > Hot Jupiter
Planet > Feature > Atmosphere
Spitzer_sig07-001_1280
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ID
sig07-001
Subject Category
E.3.7.1.   E.1.3.2   E.1.2.2  
Subject Name
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Release Date
2007-01-09
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2179-sig07-001-Forecasting-Weather-on-Distant-Worlds
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Spitzer Space Telescope
URL
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
Name
Spitzer Space Telescope
Email
Telephone
Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
Public Domain
Publisher
Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID
spitzer
Resource ID
sig07-001.tif
Metadata Date
2011-09-06
Metadata Version
1.1
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