Exploring the Weather of Exoplanets

Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Professor Yoichi Itoh

Planets orbiting stars other than the sun are called extrasolar planets, and since their first discovery in 1995, more than 5,000 have been found so far. The Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory has one of the world's largest public telescopes, Nayuta. Using this telescope, the world's first clear and cloudy exoplanets were discovered. By studying the weather of exoplanets, we hope to obtain clues to elucidate weather changes on Earth.

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