More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com – astronomers using the ESO 3.6-meter telescope have identified a planet just like Jupiter orbiting at the same distance from a Sun-like star, HIP 11915.
According to current theories, the formation of Jupiter-mass planets plays an important role in shaping the architecture of planetary systems. The existence of a Jupiter-mass planet in a Jupiter-like orbit around a Sun-like star opens the possibility that the system of planets around this star may be similar to our own Solar System.
HIP 11915 is about the same age as the Sun and its composition suggests that there may also be rocky planets orbiting closer to the star.
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Credits: ESO, IAU, Sky & Telescope, L. Benassi, M. Kornmesser
Post time: Feb-22-2017