Typically, such planets consist mainly of helium – outer layers are burned with strong radiation of a neutron star. However, the new spectrographic data showed: PSR J2322-2650B’s atmosphere is almost entirely of carbon and in the unusual form molecules C₂ and C₃.
While the daily side of the planet is heating and open chemical signatures above 2000 ° C, the night side appears to be the “absorbed institution de without significant spectral lines. The analysis showed C/O and C/N – hundreds and thousands of times higher than the Earth.
This chemistry is not explained by standard models for the formation of planets in the “black widows” systems. Scientists propose rare scenarios such as the merger of “carbon” white dwarfs, but they do not even respond.
Discovery allows you to rethink the theory of atmospheric formation and can be a driving force for a new scientific discussion.
Source: Ferra
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