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New Planetary System

The Extra solar planet encyclopedia has been updated recently with a new discovery of planetary system. This planetary system called as HIP 65426 is weirdest in all sense. It has got researches and astronomers thinking as in how can such system exist. HIP 65426 consists of a star named HIP 65426 and a planet named HIP 65426b. The planet’s temperature is around 1300-1600 Kelvin. It has a radius of 1.5 times greater than that of Jupiter and mass between six to twelve times of Jupiter’s mass. A group of astronomers and researchers from Max Planck Institute of Astronomy (MPIA) have found this system. Now, why is HIP 65426 is weird? This star and planet questions the current models of stars and solar systems. How? This is how. The planet, HIP 65426b is a massive star that orbits a fast spinning star (HIP 65426). The star spins approximately 150 times faster than the sun! Also, the star is 14 million years young. This has raised many questions. Gael Chauvin of University...