Rhythmic tones played by the seven planets created using observational data from the Kepler Space Telescope | Location of sorae’s portal to the universe

Please watch this video first. Seven small dots rotate at different speeds around a large orange dot and make a sound each time they go around a circle. The pitch of the notes played varies rhythmically from point to point, and unique chords are played depending on the combination of points in timing.

【▲ Title: Sounds of a New Planetary System (NASA Data Sonification)】
(Credit: Bishop’s University/Jason Rowe)

This video, which looks like a kind of art, depicts exoplanets (including candidates) orbiting the star Kepler-385, located about 4,670 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.(※)It was created using the method. Kepler-385 is a star about 10% larger in diameter and has a surface temperature about 5% higher than the Sun.

*…a method of conveying information such as images using non-verbal sounds. Also known as audio.

Three exoplanets and four exoplanet candidates have been found in Kepler 385 so far, and there is a possibility that there are seven planets in total. Two of these planets are expected to be slightly larger in diameter than Earth and have thinner atmospheres, and the remaining five planets are expected to be approximately twice the diameter of Earth and have thicker atmospheres.

The exoplanet orbiting Kepler-385 and its candidates were discovered through observational data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which was launched in March 2009. The Kepler space telescope’s main mission ended in 2013 due to a malfunction of a part The reaction wheel was used to control the aircraft’s attitude, but the K2 extended mission, which also used thrusters to control attitude, continued until 2018.

[▲ رسم تخطيطي مصور يوضح مدارات سبعة كواكب خارجية تدور حول النجم “كيبلر 385” (مصدر الصورة: NASA/Daniel Rutter)]

According to a research team led by Jack Lessauer of the Ames Research Center, the orbital period of the seven planets is about 86 days for the outer planet, and only about 0.6 days for the innermost planet. In other words, the seven planets orbit very close to Kepler-385. Comparing the energy per unit area incident on the planets, each planet in Kepler 385 receives more energy than any other planet in the solar system, which NASA describes as “hot as hell.” A paper summarizing the findings of the research team that re-examined Kepler’s observational data will be published in the journal Planetary Science, and a preprint is available on arXiv.

source

• NASA – The scorching seven-planet system revealed by Kepler’s new exoplanet list
• Bishop’s University – New Kepler catalog of exoplanets reveals structures of exoplanets and multi-planet system
• Lessauer et al. – Updated catalog of Kepler planet candidates: focus on resolution and orbital periods (arXiv)

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