Scoperto attorno ad una stella di tipo solare un pianeta di tipo sub-Nettuniano che avrebbe dovuto perdere la propria atmosfera Gran parte degli oltre 6000 esopianeti scoperti finora appartiene a due categorie non esistenti nel Sistema Solare: le super-Terre e i pianeti sub-nettuniani. Più che per la massa, queste due famiglie sono differenziate principalmente dai loro raggi, che mostrano
About 19.3% of the 4001 exoplanets confirmed to date were discovered with the technique of the radial velocity (from https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/). This method consists in using time series of spectroscopic observations in order to measure the periodic oscillations of the position of stars due to the presence of orbiting exoplanets. In fact, in a planetary system both the planets and the
The NASA satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) it’s one of the most effective telescopes to search for exoplanets. TESS is designed to find exoplanets with the transits method, e.g. by observing the periodic occultations of stars by their planets during their orbits. To date, about 27% of the exoplanets discovered with TESS belong to the class of the sub-neptunians. These planets have a
