- Planet TrES-2b is extremely dark because it reflects back less than one percent of the light it receives12. This makes it darker than any known planet or moon, even darker than coal.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Planet TrES-2b reflects back less than one percent of the light it receives, making it darker than any known planet or moon, darker even than coal.apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110822.htmlAstronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet — a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b reflects less than 1 percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/08/alien-worl…
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TrES-2b (also known as Kepler-1b or GSC 03549-02811b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star GSC 03549-02811 located 750 light years away from the Solar System. The planet was identified in 2011 as the darkest known exoplanet, reflecting less than 1% of any light that hits it. Reflecting less light than … See more
TrES-2b was discovered on August 21, 2006 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) by detecting the transit of the planet across its … See more
In August 2008 more details of the relationship between the parent star and the orbit of the planet were published. The orbit was determined to be tilted by −9±12° from the … See more
NASA launched Kepler in March 2009. The spacecraft is dedicated to the discovery of extrasolar planets by the transit method from solar orbit. In April 2009 the project released the first light images from the spacecraft, and TrES-2b was one of two objects highlighted … See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Darkest Planet Found: Coal-Black, It Reflects Almost …
WEBAug 12, 2011 — But TrES-2b is so dark that it reflects only one percent of the starlight that strikes it, suggesting that the current models may need tweaking, Kipping said.
TrES-2 b - Science@NASA
WEBWelcome to TrEs-2b, the planet of eternal night. The darkest planet ever discovered orbiting a star, this alien world is less reflective than coal. Inside its atmosphere, you’d be flying …
The Blackest Planet in the Universe: How Astronomers …
WEBAug 18, 2011 — The greatest mystery of TrES-2b is that, given what astronomers think they understand about hot Jupiters, there shouldn’t be enough potassium or sodium to make this particular planet as...
Darkest exoplanet spotted by astronomers - BBC News
WEBAug 12, 2011 — The planet, called TrES-2b, is so named because it was first spotted by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey in 2006. It is about 750 light-years away, in the Draco constellation.
Alien world is blacker than coal | Astronomy.com
WEBAug 12, 2011 — Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet — a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b …
Alien world is blacker than coal — Harvard Gazette
WEBAug 12, 2011 — Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet — a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b reflects less than 1 percent of the sunlight falling on it, …
'Darkest' world enlightens astronomers about mysterious light …
WEBSep 26, 2011 — Astronomers from Princeton University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics found that the distant exoplanet TrES-2b -- shownhere in an artist's …
APOD: 2011 August 22 - TrES 2b: Dark Planet
WEBAug 22, 2011 — TrES-2b: Dark Planet Illustration Credit: David A. Aguilar , TrES, Kepler, NASA. Explanation: Why is this planet so dark? Planet TrES-2b reflects back less than one percent of the light it receives, making it …
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WEBSep 27, 2011 — Coal, among the darkest substances on Earth, absorbs 95 percent of the visible light that strikes it, reflecting only 5 percent of the visible light; TrES-2b absorbs all but 0.1 percent of the...
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