Jupiter twin discovered around solar twin

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

So far, exoplanet surveys have been most sensitive to planetary systems that are populated in their inner regions by massive planets, down to a few times the mass of the Earth. This contrasts with our Solar System, where there are small rocky planets in the inner regions and gas giants like Jupiter farther out.

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