Tag Archive for 'WASP-43b'

This artist’s concept shows what WASP-43b could look like. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford, STScI.

Webb Maps Weather on Hot Jupiter WASP-43b

Apr 30, 2024 by News Staff

WASP-43b is cloudy on the nightside and clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 8,050 km per hour (5,000 mph). This artist’s...

In this illustration the hot-Jupiter WASP-43b orbits its parent star in one of the closest orbits ever measured for an exoplanet of its size - with a year lasting about 19 hours. The color scale on the planet represents the temperature across its atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Z. Levay, STScI.

Astronomers Create Weather Map of Exoplanet WASP-43b

Oct 11, 2014 by News Staff

An international group of scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced a global weather map of a hot-Jupiter exoplanet called WASP-43b,...