drunkondiscordia t1_jc3udh8 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 9:03 PM Reply to Is there a type of precipitation that exists on other planets but not ours? Or theoretical precipitation that doesn’t happen here? by ButIHateTheTaste Iron rain on Wasp-76b Exoplanet Wasp-76b orbits so close in to its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C - hot enough to vaporise metal. The planet's nightside, on the other hand, is 1,000 degrees cooler, allowing those metals to condense and rain out. Permalink 64
drunkondiscordia t1_jc3udh8 wrote
Reply to Is there a type of precipitation that exists on other planets but not ours? Or theoretical precipitation that doesn’t happen here? by ButIHateTheTaste
Iron rain on Wasp-76b
Exoplanet Wasp-76b orbits so close in to its host star, its dayside temperatures exceed 2,400C - hot enough to vaporise metal.
The planet's nightside, on the other hand, is 1,000 degrees cooler, allowing those metals to condense and rain out.