Length of Alien Planet's 'Day' Clocked for 1st Time, an 8-Hour World

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 12:32 in Astronomy & Space

The equator of Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant about 10 times more massive than Jupiter, is moving at about 62,000 mph (100,000 km/h), researchers said — far faster than any planet in our solar system.

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