In the Star Trek universe, the beloved character Spock comes from the planet volcano. Of course, this planet is completely invented. Finally, Star Trek producers associated Vulcan with a real star near the Earth called 40 Eridani A. New observations have unveiled a planet orbiting 40 Eridani A - our own real volcano. The presence of pointy-eared aliens with green blood is not yet confirmed.
Early in the existence of Star Trek, it did not matter exactly where Vulcan was in the cosmos. All we needed to know was that it was close to Earth on the galactic scale. Later, the extension of the technical background details required accurate connections to the real world.
In 2002, an officially licensed book called Star Trek: Star Charts pointed to 40 Eridani A as the volcanic system. These charts also appear in Star Trek: Enterprise, which was televised at the time. That's what makes it the Star Trek universe.
In real life, 40 Eridani A is slightly smaller and cooler than the sun, with an orange color. At a distance of only 16 light-years, you can look up into the sky and see 40 Eridani A without a telescope. The star is about as old as the sun and has a similar pattern of sunspots. That could mean that his solar system is conducive to life.
The planet is a so-called super-earth with an estimated mass eight times that of our planet, which does not correspond to our fictional volcanism. Even the exoplanet is in the immediate vicinity of its star with a year of only 42 Earth days. 40 Eridani A is colder than the Sun, but astronomers still believe that the exoplanet will be outside the habitable zone.
Although the volcano itself was largely desert. Dharma Planet Survey astronomers recognized the planet through the radial velocity method. That we can detect his presence from small wobbles in the star caused by the planet in orbit.
It is unclear whether the unnamed exoplanet transits from our perspective in front of its host star. If so, we may be able to characterize its atmosphere and verify its physical properties.
An earlier study discovered something strange with the radial velocity of 40 Eridani A, but this team could not verify a planet. The new study has provided additional data. It is still only a candidate planet.
Further observations are required. I think we can all agree that we have to call the planet "Volcanic" if other studies confirm its presence around 40 Eridani A.
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