Post by Rassilon on Aug 12, 2011 14:18:09 GMT
"This albedo is darker than that of black acrylic paint or coal - it's weird," Dr Kipping told BBC News.
The explanation may simply be that the planet is too hot to support the reflective cloud cover we see in our own Solar System.
However, both Dr Kipping and Dr Spiegel said even that would not explain why TrES-2b is such a dark world. It is not just that the planet is failing to reflect light; something must be absorbing it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476411
The explanation may simply be that the planet is too hot to support the reflective cloud cover we see in our own Solar System.
However, both Dr Kipping and Dr Spiegel said even that would not explain why TrES-2b is such a dark world. It is not just that the planet is failing to reflect light; something must be absorbing it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14476411
