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Giant exoplanet the size of 2 Jupiters has a hidden companion disturbing its orbit
"Finding a hot Jupiter like TOI-1408 b whose orbit is perturbed is already interesting ... The planets' orbits are near a 2:1 period ratio, meaning for every two orbits of TOI-1408c, TOI-1408b ...
This Planet’s Orbit Made No Sense – Until Scientists Discovered a Hidden World
Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...
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A Long‐Period Jupiter‐Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 849
ABSTRACT We report precise Doppler measurements of GJ 849 (M3.5 V) that reveal the presence of a planet with a minimum mass of 0.82MJup in a 5.16 yr orbit. At \documentclass ... and is only the second ...
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NASA's Juno to Enter Jupiter's Orbit
After a final 35-minute engine burst to slow it down Monday night, the NASA explorer spacecraft named Juno will attempt to enter Jupiter's polar orbit. By observing the planet, astronomers are ...