Storm Cyclone on Exoplanet: Hurricane running at a speed of 33000 km per hour, such speed will bring such speed on earth, scientist also surprised

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Last updated:January 26, 2025, 14:23 IST

Fastest Wind: Scientists have detected a ‘supersonic winds’ running at a speed of 33,000 km per hour on a huge gaseous planet called WASP-127B. These are the strongest winds recorded outside the solar system.

The fastest speed storm scientists have discovered. (AI)

Washington: Small storms also cause heavy havoc. The speed of the most powerful winds on Earth was 407 km per hour. But scientists have now discovered a storm in which winds are running at a speed of 33,000 kmph. Astronomers have detected ‘supersonic jetstream’ on an external planet in the solar system. These are the strongest winds ever in space. This is such a weather, which if it is on earth, then life becomes difficult. WASP-127B planet is present at 500 light years away from Earth. It is a huge gaseous planet. This planet is slightly larger than Jupiter. But its mass is very low.

This huge planet was discovered in 2016. There is a large band of strong winds on the equator of this planet, which is like the stripes appearing on the gaseous planets of our solar system. However, the speed of these winds was still mysterious. On January 21, a study associated with it was published in the journal ‘Astronomy and Astrophysics’, in which the wind speed was reported. With the help of a huge telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) present in Chile, scientists measured the speed of these winds.

Speed ​​is 9 km per second
The prominent writer of this study is Lisa Nortman, astrophysicist at Gottingan University, Germany. He said, ‘One part of the planet’s atmosphere is moving towards us at a very fast pace, while the other part is going away at the same speed. It is an indication that there is a very fast jet stream at the planet’s equator. ‘ The winds on the WASP-127B are 9 kilometers per second. This is 130 times faster than the 5th class storm limit. According to NASA, this Neptune is about 18 times faster than the winds in the largest jetstream of the planet, which can reach 1800 km per hour. This is the strongest wind recorded in the solar system.

What did you get about the temperature of the planet?
Researchers determined the structure of the clouds of the WASP-127B by analyzing the light passing through the atmosphere of this planet. This showed that both water vapor and carbon dioxide are present in the moving clouds. However, both these compounds are associated with life on earth. The temperature data collected by the VLT showed that the polar regions of the WASP-127B are cold compared to the rest of the planet and there is a slight difference in the day and night temperatures of the planet. Currently, ground -based telescope like VLT can only measure the speed of the winds of distant planets.