The telescope called Kepler, launched by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) into space in 2009, discovered a planet shortly after it was placed in orbit. Experts spent 10 years trying to clarify the existence of this planet. Eventually, the planet became official and was named “Kepler-1658b”. However, the life of this planet was short lived.
The first planet discovered by the Kepler Telescope was as large as 6 Jupiter. Recent investigations have revealed a striking fact about Kepler-1658b. So much so that Kepler-1658b is approaching a star and its end is near. Announcing that the planet and the star will collide, scientists announced that Kepler-1658b will be destroyed as a result of this collision.
The distance between the planet and the star it is about to crash into is shorter than the distance between Mercury and Earth!
According to the investigations, Kepler-1658b is approaching its final end in a spiral orbit. The orbital period of the planet, which completes its orbit once in 3.85 days, has recently started to decrease by 131 milliseconds on an annual basis. This means that the distance between the planet and the star is about to close.
This situation, observed for the first time in history, is actually quite normal. The star named Kepler 1658, which has reached the end of its life, has begun to expand outward and attracts objects around it. That’s when Kepler-1658b could no longer resist this expansion. The gravitational energy of the star is pulling the planet towards it with great speed, and the final end is now very near. Meanwhile; Let’s say that the same situation will happen in the Sun one day. However, experts think that this will happen after billions of years.
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