A monstrous planet that should not exist

An exoplanet is different from what astronomers have discovered so far. This is Kepler 10C. It’s so special, it should not exist!

The Kepler 10 system has been known for a few years. It is a planetary system whose star is strangely similar to our sun, despite being twice as old. The third planet closest to this star, the 10C, is attracting the attention of scientists for a good reason. It should not exist!

According to the theory currently accepted in the scientific community in astrophysics, there are two types of planets: rocky or gaseous. The telluric type, so rocky, corresponds to a certain mass. But in the case of Kepler 10C, it is large, 2.3 times the diameter of our Earth, but much too massive: 17 times the land mass. This break problem, since this exoplanet should be gaseous and not rocky.

Astrophysicists believe that the mass of this planet is such that it would normally have formed a gigantic atmosphere and become a gaseous giant because of its gravitational force. Another amazing fact: this planetary system is 11 billion years old. This means that the birth of Kepler 10C took place only 3 billion years after the Big Bang. Heavy elements were present in the universe sooner than scientists believed.

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