Planet TOI-849b
- The researchers spotted a Jupiter-like planet, 39 times more massive than the Earth, orbiting around a distant star with temperature lower than the Sun; the planet is located around 730 light years away from Earth.
- This is the first ever planetary core to be found by the astronomers.
- The study was made by the team led by Dr David Armstrong from the University of Warwick’s Department of Physics.
- TOI-849b was found in a survey of stars by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
- This planet will enable the researchers to get a better understanding about the gas planets like Jupiter.
- The atmosphere around the solid cores of the planets consist of Hydrogen(H) and Helium(He).
