Exoplanet K2-141b - Illustration

by: Ron Miller/Novapix
Reference: a-exo02-04001
Date: 2022-02-08

K2-141b is a massive rocky exoplanet orbiting extremely close to an orange main-sequence star K2-141. This is a super-Earth with very high temperatures, so the magma in the oceans can vaporize into the atmosphere. The mineral vapor formed by evaporated rock is swept to the frigid night side by supersonic winds and rocks "rain" back down into a magma ocean.

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