Scientists find giant exoplanet

Q.  International team of astronomers find alien world or giant exoplanet near Jupiter. Its name?
- Published on 10 Jun 16

a. HAT-18b
b. HAST-18b
c. HATS-18b
d. HATS-18c

ANSWER: HATS-18b
 
International team of astronomers found an alien world named HATS-18b. It is a giant hot Jupiter exoplanet tidally spinning up its parent star.
  • The team led by Kaloyan Penev of Princeton University carried out the observation campaign between April 2011 and July 2013.
  • The new findings were published online on 2 June 2016 on arXiv.org.
  • The newly discovered planetary system could be a great laboratory for to test the theories of planet–star interactions.

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