El planeta HD80606b es un gigante gaseoso que orbita una estrella que se encuentra a 190 años luz de la Tierra, señaló el organismo de la NASA en un comunicado.
En las mediciones hechas con el telescopio durante la órbita del planeta en torno a su estrella se determinó que en apenas seis horas la temperatura del planeta se elevó desde 800 grados Kelvin a 1.500 (526 a 1.226 grados centígrados).
"Esta es la primera vez que hemos detectado cambios del clima en tiempo real en un planeta fuera del sistema solar", manifestó Greg Laughlin, del Observatorio Lick de la Universidad de California.
HD80606b fue descubierto en 2001 por un equipo de astrónomos suizos, que determinaron que tiene una órbita más similar a la de un cometa que la de un planeta.
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