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K2-141b

K2-141b

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Sep 25, 2026

PeterHOST
24:22
We're moving on to Hellworlds, and number 12 on the list.
PeterHOST
24:27
K2141b has a core of rock, an ocean of rock, and an atmosphere of rock? Tidally locked to its star, temperatures on the daylight side soar to 3,000 K, that's 2,700 degrees Celsius, melting the surface rock into a liquid ocean and vaporizing the surface magma.
PeterHOST
24:53
supersonic winds whip the rock vapor up into the atmosphere and all around the planet.
PeterHOST
24:58
And when these hot clouds of rock steam hit the cold, dark backside, they condense and fall as rock hail.

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