

The best studied terrestrial planet outside the Solar System
Granada, 22 June 2022. An international team led by José A. Caballero, from the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) CSIC-INTA, in collaboration with the IAA-CSIC, has modelled the interior of the exoplanet Gliese 486 b and estimated the relative sizes of its core (metallic) and mantle (rocky). "This is the first time that such a detailed study of the possible internal structure of an exoplanet has been carried out" says Pedro Amado, researcher at the IAA-CSIC and one of the authors of the study, which is published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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