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An exoplanet “Super puff” is as large as Jupiter but 10 times lighter, which confuses astronomers – Sunday Vision

About 212 light-years from Earth, a gas giant planet light enough to be called “Super Puff” or “Spinning Girl” is orbiting very close to its host star.

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About 212 light-years from Earth, a gas giant planet light enough to be called “Super Puff” or “Spinning Girl” is orbiting very close to its host star. The Exoplanet It’s so light that it left astronomers wondering everything we previously knew about how gas giants formed.
That’s super puff ExoplanetKnown K. WASP-107bIt is roughly the same size as Jupiter, but only about a tenth of the mass – or about 30 times the mass of Earth. According to a new study published Monday in The Astronomical Journal,…

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