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‘Super-Earth’: TOI-561 planet found orbiting one of galaxy’s oldest stars – 7NEWS.com.au
The exoplanet is 50 per cent larger than Earth and takes less than half a day to complete one orbit around its host star.
A hot and rocky exoplanet known as a super-Earth has been discovered orbiting one of the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study.
The exoplanet, called that because its located outside our solar system, is about 50% larger than Earth and has three times the mass — which makes it a super-Earth by astronomy standards.
Even so, the planet, known as TOI-561b, only takes less than half an Earth day to complete one orbit around its host star.
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