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Astronomers measure enormous planet lurking far from its star – UC Riverside
Scientists aren’t usually able to measure the size of gigantic planets, like Jupiter or Saturn, which are far from the stars they orbit. But a UC Riverside-led…
Scientists arent usually able to measure the size of gigantic planets, like Jupiter or Saturn, which are far from the stars they orbit. But a UC Riverside-led team has done it.
Artist’s rendering of a 10-million-year-old star system with a gas-giant planet like Jupiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle)
The planet is roughly five times heavier than Jupiter, hence its nickname GOT EM-1b, which stands for Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass. Though it is nearly 1,300 light years away from Earth, GOT EM-1b,…
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