TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star : todayilearned@civilloquy.com

submitted 3 years ago by Madbrad200@lemmy.world to c/todayilearned@civilloquy.com

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[–] Syranati@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

This is the name my 4 year old would give a celestial body.

[–] Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago

This group of totally badass dorks discovered and named it!

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

How is it "orbiting" at 35 light years away? That's like 8x further away than the nearest star to our sun. Is there just nothing else closer?

[–] valaramech@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

According to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.

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[–] BitSound@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

Ah, my bad. It's 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.

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[–] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Gonna be a loooooong winter.

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