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Five Giant Planets Orbit Nearby Sun-Like Star | Astronomy – Sci-News.com
Astronomers using ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) have discovered a fifth planet around the bright, Sun-like star HD 108236.
Astronomers using ESAs CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) have discovered a fifth planet around the bright, Sun-like star HD 108236.
An artists impression of the five-planet system HD 108236. Image credit: Sci-News.com.
HD 108236 is a star of spectral and luminosity type G3V located 211 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
Also known as TOI-1233, TIC 260647166, and HIP 60689, the star is 12% smaller than our Sun and 13% less massive.
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