deep space the final frontier humanity's desire to find more earth-like planets which could be
teeming with life has led us to discover many exoplanets and we are continuously improving
and evolving our means to find more outer planets in the galaxy out there although we haven't found
any exoplanets with life yet we have found some strange ones that defy our knowledge of space and
galaxy entirely welcome to fact nominal let's look at five of the most bizarre exoplanets that should
not exist but do the whiplash planet located around 103 light years from our solar system
in the virgo constellation hr518 is the biggest wild card exoplanet that we have discovered
classified as a super jupiter for having a mass of about three jupiters
hr5183b has a highly eccentric orbit while most planets trace out a circular orbit more or less
maintaining the same distance from the host star throughout the orbit this gas giant traces out an
egg-shaped orbit around its parent star hr51a3 this unusual and wonky orbit has given hr5183b
its trademark name the whiplash planet astronomers discovered this exoplanet by the tiny wobble its
gravity causes upon its parent star which in turn causes a dip in brightness the process took
an astounding 20 years of observations with three telescopes including hawaii's wm keck observatory
all thanks to its uncanny orbit and even after such a long study we still do not have enough data
to calculate the full orbit of hr5183b scientists have predicted that the planet's orbit could be
between 45 to 100 earth years long and the general consensus agrees upon an average of 74 earth years
for a relatable comparison if hr5183b was a part of our solar system the closest end of its orbit
in relation to the sun would be somewhere before jupiter and then on the other end it
would fling past neptune to the utmost outer edges of our planetary system though we certainly have
found cosmic bodies with highly eccentric orbits hr5183b stands out for having such a long orbit
and not being as close to its host stars as the other objects found with an eccentric orbit
the runaway planet when we think of a planet we usually think of a rocky terrestrial body
an ice giant or a gas giant revolving around a host's star however not every planet is lucky
to have a parent star some unfortunate ones are supposed to go rogue when they lose their parents
against the d d trope of rogues being an orphan is indeed true
astronomers believe that our galaxy could be packed with orphan exoplanets exoplanets that
must have broken free from their parent stars to wander the milky way alone these planets
begin as an obedient ward to their host stars but because of some anomaly must have been flung away
out of their planetary system has exoplanets are usually spotted through the gravitational waves or
shadow cast by them on their host stars it is nearly impossible for us to locate
a rogue planet rocky rogue planets with the size of earth are considered extra hard to be spotted
because of being very small in size and having no method of casting light or a perceptible shadow
one might say it's almost impossible to find them that is why ogle 2016 blg 1928 can be considered
a rogue planet that beat the impossible it is the smallest rogue planet to be discovered as
of yet and was spotted in late 2020 using a technique called gravitational micro lensing
gravitational microlensing helps to find a cosmic entity by deflection and focusing of light from a
distant star as an object passes in front of it the duration of the change in the light profile
of these distant sources increases with the mass of the intervening object
ogle 2016 blg 1928 caused a disturbance in the light profile that only lasted about 41 minutes
this made ogle 2016 blg 1928 the smallest rogue ever spotted by astronomers using gravitational
micro lensing needless to say we are cheering for this little dude venturing the galaxy on its own
organized chaos technically this entry on the list of impossible planets isn't exactly
a planet but a whole planetary system should it still be counted well we'll leave that up to you
at first glance toi 178 may appear like your regular planetary system with everything in order
however a closer and prolonged study of the planetary system reveals a shocking secret at
least five of this system's six worlds are locked in a rhythmic dance with each other
about 205 light years away from earth toi 178 is a planetary system in the constellation sculptor
the planetary system was confirmed by data provided by five different planet search
projects tess provided early clues about this interesting stellar system and with additional
observations were provided by cheops espresso ngts and speculoos scientists were able to refine
measurements and confirm that what we were seeing wasn't unreal the five outer planets exist in an
interesting ratio of resonance the first exoplanet in the chain that is the second closest to the
star completes 18 orbits at the same time as the second in the chain and overall the third closest
to the star completes nine the third completes six orbits in the same amount of time and the fourth
completes four and the fifth which would be the sixth planet overall will complete three orbits
this means that the planets align at regular intervals as they orbit their orange dwarf
host star sanchez preserved and complex chain of residents is evident that this planetary
system has somehow survived this long without any disturbance from gravitational interactions
or collisions with other systems since it's highly odd formation such a well-preserved and untouched
system could be crucial in the study of how planetary systems form and evolve but oddly
enough the orderly state of how this planetary system functions is not mirrored in the formation
of its planets these planets have sizes ranging from about one to three times the size of earth
while their masses are 1.5 to 30 times the mass of earth there is a planet as dense as the earth
right next to a very fluffy planet with half the density of neptune this is way too chaotic than
any other planetary system we have discovered and observed until now shine bright leica
55 cancery is an inhospitable smoking hot planet that is so close to its star that it takes less
than 18 earth hours to complete one revolution of its orbit the temperature on this planet
that is twice as big and about eight and a half times heavier than the earth is as high as 4172
degrees fahrenheit or 2300 degrees celsius the scorching planet orbits a sun-like star
55 can serie a and was recently discovered back in 2004. formerly known as jansen this exoplanet is
perhaps made of the most conventionally valuable object in the universe the large disparity between
its size and mass has had astronomers believe that this super earth could be composed of high
pressurized carbon in the form of graphite and diamond mixed with some iron and other elements
if we talk in fiscal terms the estimated value of this diamond planet is estimated to be more than
360 quadrillion times the entire earth's gross domestic product or gdp of 85 trillion dollars
astrophysicist suggests that such diamond worlds could form fairly regularly when
protoplanetary dust clouds that contained high ratios of carbon collapse to form planets
however don't pack your bags just yet to go mine this planet scientists have been challenging the
idea of 55 cancer e being a diamond planet and both sides have produced some strong arguments
this has led to the diamond planet theory moving in and out of favor
maybe james bond wasn't right about diamonds being forever planets are the new trendy planets
a few years ago a phenomenal movie called interstellar gave us some amazing visuals
and a very thrilling space sequence set in the foreground of a black hole the science fiction
movie tackled a lot of burning questions about earth's environment how black holes work and what
the future of humanity would be in the universe but it also featured one odd concept that people
weren't normally aware of till then planets revolving around a black hole a planet with
a black hole as its parent or in short a planets is the most extreme exoplanet that one can imagine
planets are formed from the gravitational collapse of over-dense protoplanetary clouds of gas or dust
black holes with their immensely powerful gravitational pull usually have such resources
and materials swirling around them although sadly we haven't found any such planets or
black hole hosted exoplanet and therefore cannot confirm that they actually exist the math doesn't
disagree with their possibility recent research modeling the dynamics of disks of gas and dust in
active galactic nuclei does suggest that under certain conditions planet formation should occur
in such regions around black holes if the math is indeed possible we would find planets forming
much further out from supermassive black holes concerning how far planets form from their hosts
stars the distance between a planet and its host black star would be so massive that the planet
could take about a million years to complete one orbit it is also theorized that the formation of a
planet due to the gravitational pull of a black hole would impact the planet's properties this
means black hole hosted planets would be capable of reaching sizes of titanic proportions these
exoplanets will need a class of their own as they won't fit anywhere between gas giants ice giants
and terrestrial worlds like earth however the discovery of a planet would have to wait as the
nearest active galactic nuclei is still beyond the limits of how far we can look for exoplanets but
if we found one what do you think it would look like tell us in the comments if you would like us
to explore more impossible planets in the galaxy and as always thanks for watching fact nominal