Artist’s impression of L 98-59d
This artist’s impression shows L 98-59d, the third planet in the L 98-59 planetary system, which is 35 light-years away from Earth. The system contains four confirmed rocky planets with a potential fifth furthest from the star.
Using the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) instrument on ESO’s VLT, astronomers have discovered that up to 30% of L 98-59d’s mass could be water, making it an ocean world.
Credit:ESO/M. Kornmesser
About the Video
Id: | eso2112d |
Release date: | 5 August 2021, 14:00 |
Related releases: | eso2112 |
Duration: | 20 s |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
Name: | L 98-59 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Category: | Exoplanets |