A newly discovered exoplanet named TOI-1685 b is exceptionally fast moving as astronomers calculated that it zips around its host star every 0.67 Earth days. TOI-1685 b is located approximately 122 light-years away from Earth and it orbits so close to a red dwarf star (also known as M dwarf) that it has an estimated surface temperature of 1,465 degrees Fahrenheit (796 degrees Celsius).
The team of researchers, led by Paz Bluhm from Heidelberg University in Germany, discovered the exoplanet through data gathered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and confirmed it by data collected by the CARMENES spectrograph instrument on the 3.5-meter telescope at Spain’s Calar Alto Observatory.
While the existence of the candidate planet is yet to be confirmed, the lead author of the new study reportedly announced that there could be other planets throughout.
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