Exoplanet Daddies
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We already established which Daddy would be who in our solar system, but what about the ones beyond our star system?
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Mars - Kepler-452b
(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle)
Kepler-452b is an Earth-like planet - the most alike planet we've found so far! Similar sun and annual calendars, it could almost be our twin. However, it's much older. Much, much older--1.5 billion years older than the Earth, in fact. That sadly means that it's too old to support life, as the star has grown too big for that. Moreover, it's quite a trip! It's more than a thousand light years away. Maybe we won't be able to see such a planet in our lifetimes. Still, in another time, it was just like us.
Not only am I being mean and jabbing at Mars' age as she's the oldest even though she's fairly young and we are all bapeys, I'm also referring to how she might be similar to the rest of the Daddies at our age. I mean, sure we aren't all emo and wear leather jackets and be punk rock as heck, but I feel like we'd be similar enough to be friends!
The distance (1,000 light years away) refers to the distance from the US to Greece. Well, I mean, we aren't a thousand light years away, but it sometimes feels like it. Still, she always seems so close, and she's always nearby when I need help!
Even though the planet is past its prime, Mars is definitely still full of life herself! The planet is in the habitable zone and the most similar to Earth. Mars is still young, and even if she wasn't, she's refreshing, kind, and extremely energetic. She's so energetic and cheerful that I can't help but be happy, too!
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Parker - WASP-12b
(Artist illustration of the planet orbiting the sun-like star HD 149026 (U.C. Santa Cruz))
WASP-12b is the hottest exoplanet discovered with temperatures of up to 4000 °F! It is extremely close to its host star (44 times closee than Earth, with an orbit around the star of only one day) and is being pulled into a football-like shape. It is also the first planet discovered by us to have significant amounts of carbon, the building blocks of life. Not only that. It is also special because it orbits in the opposite direction of the star!
I say this planet is like Parker because he's very passionate about what he does, whether it be drawing, writing, or simply playing Sims 4. He puts heart into everything that he does. I sometimes worry for him as, like the planet mentioned, Parker burns do brightly, but he also has so many issues. I'm just glad to be bis friend and help him out.
Despite that, he still has so much potential for life and happiness, like having carbon in a planet. He defies expectations, both of my own for him and society as a whole, the same way he orbits the opposite direction.
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renn - HD 106906 b
(Artist illustration, credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Now this planet is quite the paradox, and in many ways! I'll explain.
HD 106906 b shouldn't have existed--but it does, and it's amazing.
650 times the distance from the sun as Earth, as well as 11 times the size of Jupiter. Yet it can have a temperature of 1500 °C, despite its distance.
It's also very bapey; it's as young as 13 million years old, extremely young compared to the Universe's age of 14 billion years. There is no explanation, or at least a solid one, for why it exists at this scale.
Just as this planet is an enigma, renn is also quite the enigma! She defies all my expectations for someone so young, and is definitely passionate about what and who she loves, too. She's one of the most talented people I know, and it really baffles me how she just EXISTS. She's amazing!
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Canamama - 55 Cancri e
(Credit: ESA/Hubble/M. Kornmesser)
55 Canncri e is relatively close to Earth, at least compared to the other planets on this list, at about 40 light years away. It's twice as large as Earth, but has a mass eight times as much! Why?
It's a planet made up of diamonds.
It's one of the first terrestrial planets with a differ chemistry than those of Earth's. It has a floor of graphite and diamond rather than just water and granite.
Still, that idea is being hotly contested in the astronomy field, and the idea of it being a diamond planet is in question. Nevertheless, the planet is fascinating, a hotspot for contention.
It reminds me of Canamama because--well, Canamama is one of the toughest people I know. Tough-as-nails, and extremely bright! Even if I'm not in close contact with them anymore, they are still close to my heart and easily reachable, should I need them.
They are a little different from me, but they are still a close friend to me, and much similar in many ways. Although they act like an open book, I always have to adjust my perspective of them--for good, of course--the same way astronomers keep having to step back and reassess the planet for what it is.
SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DOITSU
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(Sources from NASA, the Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, Space.com, Times Magazine, Sci-News, and Open Exoplanets Catalogue)