Madbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemm.eetil@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@civilloquy.comtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemm.eetil@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@civilloquy.comtodayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresparemethewearysigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s also over 7500 AU (or, over 697,500,000,000 miles) away from its host star. Meaning it’s over 7500x further from its star than we are from ours. I suppose it makes sense that it’d take that long to complete an orbit!
It’s also over 7500 AU (or, over 697,500,000,000 miles) away from its host star. Meaning it’s over 7500x further from its star than we are from ours. I suppose it makes sense that it’d take that long to complete an orbit!