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Youngest extra-solar planet found [1]

The youngest extra-solar planet, six times the mass of Jupiter -- 1.9x1027 kg, has been discovered.

The giant planet named BD+20 1790b is only 35 million years old and orbits a young active central star at a distance closer than Mer- cury orbits the sun.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Physical Science [3], Research [4], Planets [5]
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