Methuselah
What is Methuselah?
This circumbinary exoplanet, in the constellation scorpius, is sometimes referred to as PSR B1620-26 b or PSR B1620-26 c, is best known as Methuselah or "the Planet of Genesis". It was discovered in 1993 around the binary star system formed by PSR B1620-26 and WD B1620-26.
Why is special about this exoplanet?
PSR B1620-26 b is a gas giant exoplanet orbiting an unknown type of star. Approximately three times the age of Earth, PSR B1620-26 b dates from 12.7 billion years ago. Due to its extreme age, PSR B1620-26 b, the oldest exoplanet ever discovered in our Milky Way galaxy, has been nicknamed "Methuselah", the "Genesis planet", and the "Ancient world".
Morphology
Geomorphology
Metahuselah covers an area of 52,929,678,691.4 km² (20,436,263,193.5532 miles²) and has a diameter of about 129,800 km (80,653.9808 miles).
Anatomy
The density of Methuselah is still unknown, and its mass is of 4,986,046,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (2.627 times that of Jupiter).
Tectonic plates
Studies of the tectonic plates of has yet to be made.
Location
Metahuselah orbits at a distance of 23 AU (3,440,751,026.1 km or 2,137,983,567.9 miles) and is about 12,390 light years away from Earth.
Physico-chemical properties
It is yet unknown.
Temperature
Methuselah's temperature has yet to be determined.
Age
Methuselah has an age of about 12,700,000,000 terrestrial year.
Force fields
Gravitational force
Methuselah has a surface gravity of 7.6761 gforce (75.276826065 m/s² or 246.971214 ft/s²).
Magnetic field
Its magnetic field has yet to be discovered.
Motions
Orbit
Methuselah makes one full orbit around its stars (PSR B1620-26 A a pulsar and WD B1620-26 a white dwarf) in 95 terrestrial years.
Rotation
Methuselah has no days because of its tidal lock with its star.
Satellite systems
Moon system
Methuselah has no moons.
Ring system
No ring is present around Methuselah.
Author: William Homier
Editor: William Homier
Sound credit goes to TheRealGDcreeper.
This page was last edited on 11 April 2022, at 19:50 (HAE).
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