Two giant planets detected around an evolved intermediate-mass star
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 09:21
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—HD 47366 is an evolved star almost twice as massive as our sun. Located about 260 light years from the Earth, the star is approximately 1.6 billion years old, and, as it turns out, hosts two giant planets with a mass nearly two times that of Jupiter's each. A research paper detailing the new findings was published online on Jan. 18 in the arXiv journal.