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New warm-Neptune exoplanet discovered – Phys.org

By analyzing archival radial velocity data, astronomers have detected a new warm-Neptune alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated HD 183579b (or TOI-1055b)…

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By analyzing archival radial velocity data, astronomers have detected a new warm-Neptune alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated HD 183579b (or TOI-1055b) is about three and a half times larger and almost 20 times more massive than the Earth. The finding is detailed in a paper published January 28 on the arXiv. pre-print repository.
Although thousands of new exoplanets have been found using the transit method, this technique has one major weaknessa planet-like transit can be caused by numerous…

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