![]() ![]() The blue color of the planet was subsequently confirmed in 2013, which would have made HD 189733 the first planet to have its overall color determined by two different techniques. They found that the planet albedo is significantly larger in blue light than in the red, most probably due to Rayleigh scattering and molecular absorption in the red. This result seemed to be confirmed and refined by the same team in 2011. In 2008, a team of astrophysicists appeared to have detected and monitored the planet's visible light using polarimetry, which would have been the first such success. The spectroscopic observations of HD 189733 b were led by Carl Grillmair of NASA's Spitzer Science Center. A paper was submitted and published by the Astrophysical Journal Letters. The release came simultaneously with the public release of a new issue of Nature containing the first publication on the spectroscopic observation of the other exoplanet, HD 209458 b. On February 21, 2007, NASA released news that the Spitzer Space Telescope had measured detailed spectra from both HD 189733 b and HD 209458 b. The mass of the planet is estimated to be 16% larger than Jupiter's, with the planet completing an orbit around its host star every 2.2 days and an orbital speed of 152.5 kilometres per second (341,000 mph). ![]() In 2006, a team led by Drake Deming announced detection of strong infrared thermal emission from the transiting exoplanet planet HD 189733 b, by measuring the flux decrement (decrease of total light) during its prominent secondary eclipse (when the planet passes behind the star). Real-time radial velocity measurements detected the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect caused by the planet passing in front of its star before photometric measurements confirmed that the planet was transiting. The planet was then detected using Doppler spectroscopy. On October 6, 2005, a team of astronomers announced the discovery of transiting planet HD 189733 b. The planet's blue color was revealed using polarimetry. ![]() Detection and discovery Transit and Doppler spectroscopy In July 2014, NASA announced the discovery of very dry atmospheres on three exoplanets that orbited Sun-like stars: HD 189733b, HD 209458b, and WASP-12b. HD 189733 b was also the first exoplanet to have its thermal map constructed (possibly to be detected through polarimetry), its overall color determined (deep blue), its transit viewed in the X-ray spectrum, and to have carbon dioxide confirmed as being present in its atmosphere. Researchers have found that the planet's weather includes raining molten glass. Scientists have studied it with high- and low-resolution instruments, both from the ground and from space. The closest transiting hot Jupiter to Earth, HD 189733 b has been the subject of close atmospheric observation. With a mass 16.2% higher than that of Jupiter and a radius 13.8% greater, HD 189733 b orbits its host star once every 2.2 days at an orbital speed of 152.5 kilometers per second (152,500 meters per second 341,100 miles per hour), making it a hot Jupiter with poor prospects for extraterrestrial life. Astronomers in France discovered the planet orbiting the star HD 189733 on October 5, 2005, by observing its transit across the star's face. HD 189733 b is an exoplanet in the constellation of Vulpecula approximately 64.5 light-years (19.8 pc) away from our Solar System. ![]()
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