{"id":281106,"date":"2024-05-14T19:41:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332363"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:30:30","slug":"a-planet-hotter-than-a-star-its-real-and-we-have-it-right-next-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-planet-hotter-than-a-star-its-real-and-we-have-it-right-next-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A planet hotter than a star? It’s real, and we have it “right next to us”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A newly discovered volcanic exoplanet has left astronomers speechless as it has a surface hotter than some stars. TOI-6713.01<\/strong>, as the exoplanet has been named, is located 66 light-years away from Earth<\/strong> and is surrounded by a magma ocean<\/strong> that makes it look like something out of a science fiction world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described<\/a> as “Io on steroids” by Stephen Kane<\/strong> from the University of California, Riverside, this exoplanet surpasses Jupiter’s volcanic moon<\/strong> in terms of volcanic activity, which is considered the most volcanic body in our solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n

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With a size 30% larger than Earth, TOI-6713.01 orbits the star HD 104067<\/strong> every 2.2 days, at a distance of 4.57 million kilometers. This planetary system also hosts two equally impressive worlds: one rocky and one gaseous<\/strong>, in orbits comparatively close to their host star. The elliptical orbit of TOI-6713.01 brings it almost into contact with its star, experiencing gravitational tides that trigger a “tidal storm” as it approaches<\/strong>, stretching and twisting its molten interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The energy generated by these tidal forces causes a constant volcanic activity on the surface of the exoplanet<\/strong>, raising its temperature to an incredible 2,600 kelvin (2,327 degrees Celsius<\/strong>), which exceeds that reached in some low-mass stars<\/a>. Stephen Kane emphasizes that, although stars contribute to the heat of a planet, most of the energy in TOI-6713.01 is tidal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The HD 104067 planetary system was initially discovered in 2011 by the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS<\/strong>), a planet-searching instrument at the La Silla Observatory<\/strong> in Chile. Subsequently, the third planet, TOI-6713.01<\/strong>, was identified in several observations from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS<\/strong>), a telescope of NASA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery of the exoplanet<\/a> TOI-6713.01 provides a fascinating insight into the limits that terrestrial planets can reach under extreme conditions<\/strong>, as well as the importance of considering tidal energy in understanding the habitability of other worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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