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Giant planet found orbiting a dead white dwarf star (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/world/jupiter-planet-orbiting-white-dwarf-trnd-scn/index.html)

QuoteFor the first time, a planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf, also known as a dead star.
This exoplanet, a planet outside of our solar system, is the size of Jupiter and it's known as WD 1586 b.
This giant exoplanet zips around the star remnant, which is about the size of Earth, in a very close orbit every 34 hours. By comparison, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and takes 90 days to complete one orbit around the sun.
This dying star is located 80 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation.

The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

I found this to be a fascinating read.

Quote from: Randy on September 19, 2020, 01:12:52 AM
Giant planet found orbiting a dead white dwarf star (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/world/jupiter-planet-orbiting-white-dwarf-trnd-scn/index.html)

QuoteFor the first time, a planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf, also known as a dead star.
This exoplanet, a planet outside of our solar system, is the size of Jupiter and it's known as WD 1586 b.
This giant exoplanet zips around the star remnant, which is about the size of Earth, in a very close orbit every 34 hours. By comparison, Mercury is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and takes 90 days to complete one orbit around the sun.
This dying star is located 80 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation.

The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

I found this to be a fascinating read.

That's very interesting.