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Metal-rich environment crucial for light giant planets, but not for heavy giant ones: Study – Yahoo India News

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) A metal-rich environment of host stars is vital for the formation of Jupiter-type light, but it is not necessary for the long…

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) A metal-rich environment of host stars is vital for the formation of Jupiter-type light, but it is not necessary for the long orbit heavy giant planets, a research on exoplanets has found.
Planets called exoplanets orbit stars similar to the Sun, forming their own stellar system.
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research investigated the host star properties…

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