Name: Astronomers discover a "twin" planet to the mysterious, long-predicted Planet Nine
Uploaded: 2020-12-14T13:32:31+00:00
Duration: 1 min 17 s
Description: (CNN) - A massive exoplanet orbiting in a double star system 336 light-years away may be similar to the alleged "Planet Nine" that may exist on the outskirts of our solar system, according to a new st

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(CNN) - A massive exoplanet orbiting in a double star system 336 light-years away may be similar to the alleged "Planet Nine" that may exist on the outskirts of our solar system, according to a new study.

The exoplanet, or planet located outside of our solar system, is called HD106906 b and it's 11 times the mass of Jupiter, the largest known planet in our solar system. It takes 15,000 Earth years for the exoplanet to complete one orbit around the pair of stars.

The study published in The Astronomical Journal Thursday.

(Salon) - Astronomers first discovered the exoplanet in 2013 with the Magellan Telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. At the time, astronomers didn't know about the planet's orbit or its size.

(Big Think) - Further investigations into the formation and debris system of the exoplanet HD106906 b will be carried out by the James Webb Space Telescope, slated to launch in October 2021.

It promises to shed more like on the exoplanet's unusual system and, by extension, on our own mystery Planet Nine.

Source: https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/hubble-cosmic-twin-solar-systems-mysterious-planet-nine?rebelltitem=6#rebelltitem6

Source: https://www.salon.com/2020/12/13/astronomers-discover-a-twin-planet-to-the-mysterious-long-predicted-planet-nine/

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/world/hubble-exoplanet-planet-nine-scn-trnd/index.html

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