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  • Astronomers Detect a Mammoth Planet With The Most Extreme Orbit We've Ever Seen

    09/01/2019 8:23:25 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 33 replies
    Science Alert ^ | 1 SEP 2019 | MICHELLE STARR
    HR 5183 b slingshots around more like a comet - a long, elliptical orbit with the star at one end of the oval. If HR 5183 b were in our Solar System, it would swing in closer than the orbit of Jupiter, and then way out farther than the orbit of Neptune. HR 5183 b is a massive gas giant that orbits a Sun-like main sequence star called HR 5183 around 103 light-years away. Because the exoplanet's orbit is so weird - it takes around 74 years to orbit the star, swooping out as far as over 30 astronomical units...