Sunday, May 15, 2022

Creation Moment 5/16/2022 - UNIQUENESS: HD 260655

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God...
Hebrews 11:3
 
"Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
(TESS) have discovered a transiting multi-planetary system around a nearby red dwarf (M-dwarf) star called HD 260655.
These planets, with no counterpart in our Solar System, have been found to be very abundant around M-dwarfs, more so than around solar-type stars. 
HD 260655 is a high proper motion star in the Gemini constellation.
It is among the brightest early-type M dwarfs in the sky, with an apparent magnitude in the J band of 6.7 mag.
HD 260655 hosts two transiting exoplanets on orbits with periods of 2.8 and 5.7 days.
The inner planet, named HD 260655b, is 1.24 times the size of Earth, and has 2.14 times the mass.
Dubbed HD 260655c, the outer planet is 1.53 times larger than Earth and 3.1 times more massive."
SciNews