Scientists Discover Supergiant Planet 10 Times Bigger Than Jupiter That Shouldn't Exist
Scientists have discovered an exoplanet that is almost 10 times bigger than Jupiter, with a combined mass of nearly 10 Suns. The peculiar planet orbits the b Centauri binary system, which is located 325 light-years from Earth.
Scientists have found a mysterious huge gas planet that is almost 10 times bigger than Jupiter, prompting conjecture about the planet’s origins. Scientists believed that gas giant planets didn’t form around stars of this size before the discovery. The massive odd planet is the largest planet of the Solar System. The newly discovered planet, called “b Cen (AB)b" was discovered in the Centaurus Constellation about 325 light-years away, which has the widest orbits and a combined mass of nearly 10 Suns. The astronomers who discovered the odd planet detail their findings in a study published in the journal Nature.
Everything About The Planet Is Strange In Some Sense
A gigantic gas planet was discovered in a double star system 325 light-years away that challenges scientists’ ideas about how planets form. https://t.co/fw3gR5U9ur pic.twitter.com/eEuI1eCGBy
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