September 2, 2017

Exoplanet HIP 11915 b

Exoplanet HIP 11915 b

An artist’s impression showing a newly discovered Jupiter twin gas giant orbiting the solar twin star, HIP 11915. The planet is of a very similar mass to Jupiter and orbits at the same distance from its star as Jupiter does from the Sun. This, together with HIP 11915’s Sun-like composition, hints at the possibility of the system of planets orbiting HIP 11915 bearing a resemblance to our own Solar System, with smaller rocky planets orbiting closer to the host star.

Image Credit: ESO/L. Benassi
Explanation from: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1529a/

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