NUMBER 10: KEPLER-10b
Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet to be discovered outside of the solar
system by the Kepler space telescope found after several months of data collection during the nasal directed Kepler mission, which aims to discover Earth-like planets crossing.
In front of their host stars, the planet's discovery was announced on January 10, 2011. it's also noteworthy for being the smallest exoplanet discovered so far; being only 1.4times larger than the earth, it's a rocky world, but it's not located in the so-called habitable zone.
A region in a planetary system where liquid water can potentially exist on the planet's surface.Kepler-10b orbits its parent star once every 0.84 days, which means it's more than 20 times closer to its star than Mercury is to our sun, which places it outside the parameters of the habitable zone.
NUMBER 9: TRAPPIST-1B
The ninth spot of our list, we have Trappist-1b, a planet that has beaten most of our planets in the moon department as it has six bright red moons in the sky ironically aren't moons but instead six large worlds reflecting light, three of which are within the system's habitable zone the planet is scorching and estimated to have along with the other planets in its intriguing solar system.
A combined figure of 250 times more water than we do here on earth planets in this system might be up to five percent water while our world is only Point two percent water at least two of Trappist planets are thought to have liquid water. In contrast, water on Trappist 1b would be vapor; this planet is also a rocky world like earth.
NUMBER 8: J1407B
Also known as super Saturn, this planet is highly intriguing due to how it looks. The celestial body located just 434 light-years away has a mass of about 40 times the size of Jupiter and has 37 rings surrounding it, which span nearly 120 million kilometers 200 times the size of Saturn's rings; however, these rings may be the formations of moons a process which has never Been observed outside our solar system.
The planet is only 13 million years old, just a baby. When you consider that the universe is over 14 billion years old and still baffling scientists today, exoplanets reveal themselves in their host star's light if a planet passes directly in front of its host star as observed from earth.
Then the planet will block part of the star's light, and it will appear as though the star has momentarily dim. Still, in 2007 the young star 1s wasp j140747.93-3 showed a complex series of dimmings that lasted 56 days which is how scientists found out about its crazy ring system that puts our deer Saturn to shame number seven c-o-r-o-t-7b.
NUMBER 7: CO ROT 7b
A Planet with such a short orbital period that it revolves around its host star in just 20 hours co rot 7b was found by observing its parent stars.
Periodic decrease in apparent magnitude caused by the planet's transit in front of the star as seen from earth on top of that the sunrise here is the most intense in the whole universe as it's 60 times closer to its star than we are to the sun co rot 7b star is 360 times larger.
In the sky on its dayside, the planet can reach 4700 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt and vaporize rock condensation during more excellent fronts causes pebbles to form and then rocks to rain down theoretical models have also given the planet boiling oceans and lava this planet's locked into position with its fire and brimstone half always facing the sun the other one is so cold that it can reach negative 392 degrees Fahrenheit so either way, you'll die on.
NUMBER 6: GJ436B
This planet is a physical contradiction. Its temperature is about 822 degrees Fahrenheit, certainly hot enough to evaporate water. Yet, this planet is so fascinating precisely because its water remains in a solid form that is gj436b is a planet of burning ice. This isn't the kind of ice you find here on earth but instead a special ice seven that results when it has a denser and more crystalline structure.
Scientists believe this ice formed due to the strong gravitational force at the planet's core. On top of that, its outer layer of hydrogen and helium gas should result in higher levels of methane, yet scientists see over 7 000 times less methane than what should exist on the planet; instead, there are vast quantities of carbon monoxide which may come from the planet's core where the temperatures are smoking hot yep this is a planet of ice that's also on fire.
NUMBER 5: WASP 12b
Wasp 12b in the fifth spot on our list, we have wasp 12b, a planet that's notorious for being elongated in an extraordinary shape due to the gravity of its parent star and its effect on it. The earth is estimated to have only 10 million years left to live as it gets ripped apart and consumed by its sun at a rate of about 189 quadrillion tons every year wasp-12b is also a pitch-black planet as it absorbs instead of reflecting light. Hence, it's literally as black as the blackest tar.
NUMBER 4: HD 106 906 B
Hd 106 906 bit initially suggested that the planet known as HD 106 906 b shouldn't exist due to its size and distance from its star. The big world is 650.
Times the distance from the earth to the sun and is 11 times the size of Jupiter; however, the average temperature on the planet is a staggering 1 500 degrees celsius despite its vast distance from its host star. The discovery team and astronomers worldwide were puzzled by HD 106 906 b's extreme separation from its host star because it's not considered possible that a star's disc could be extensive enough to permit the formation of gas giants at such a distance. This planet also caused much controversy, even causing a petition to be launched asking the international astronomical.
Union to name it Gallifrey after the homeworld of the doctor on the British science fiction series doctor who the petition gathered over 139 000 signatures on January 2014; however, the IAU agreed not to accept the petition's goal to name it Gallagher as the petition did not follow.
The public policy of the IAU is that a discussion between the public and you should be started.
NUMBER 3: 55 CANCERY E
Spot on our list we have 55 cancer e a planet almost everyone on earth would love if they could traverse 40 light-years to it the world is one-third diamond a result of an
the atmosphere that's mostly carbon allowing the heat and pressure from both its sun and its interior to compress the planet's mass into diamond scientists valued the earth to be around 26.9 no million dollars due to the sheer amount of diamonds here this planet is tidally locked which means that it has one side of the world always facing the sun while the other is in perpetual darkness.
NUMBER 2: KEPLER-70B
We've seen blistering hot planets on this list, but none are as absolutely scorching as Kepler-70b, the most desirable world in the universe; the exoplanet has an orbit period shorter than any exoplanet known to date with an orbit period of 5.76 hours it's about 12 000 degrees Fahrenheit and is slowly vaporizing doomed as much as its dead star you do not want to come here unless you want to be instantly incinerated upon setting foot on it.
NUMBER 1: KEPLER-16B
This is one of the few known circumbinary planets, which means that it circles two stars similar to luke skywalker's home planet in star wars; however, this planet is cold gaseous and probably deadly to all life forms. The discovery of a circumbinary world was hinted at and then confirmed with the brightness of the dual star system.
Being dimmed by a planet's transit in front of it, its discovery confirms a new class of planetary systems that could harbor life as most stars in our galaxy are part of a binary system. This means the life opportunities are much broader than if planets form only around single stars.
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