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Topic: Extrasolar
Youngest Extrasolar Planet Discovered
February 21, 2010

Youngest extra-solar planet discovered

ASTRONOMERS have discovered the youngest extra-solar planet around a solar-type star, named BD+20 1790b. The giant planet, six-times the mass of Jupiter, is only 35 million years old. It orbits a young active central star at a distance closer than Mercury orbits the Sun. Young stars are usually ...

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