Thursday, December 16, 2010

Planets Outside Solar System

For the first time that scientists have discovered a planet outside the Milky Way galaxy, the planet is given the name HIP 13044 b orbiting a central star and close to destruction, the planet was detected at a distance of 2000 light years from Earth. This planet discovery research led by astronomers from Indonesia who works at the Max Planck Institute, Johny Setiawan.

Planet named HIP 13 044 alleged to have been sucked up by the Milky Way galaxy in about 6-9 billion years ago. This planet was entering its destruction phase and a red, hot and very large bubble. because it has released all its core energy and orbit close to its star. Planet orbiting around a star very quickly and simply in a period of 16 days only. Johny Setiawan said, 'This discovery is very exciting to see our solar system in the future, it is estimated the sun will become a giant red star five billion years more'