Planet almost identical to Jupiter is spotted orbiting a star 17,000 light years away - Daily Mail

The exoplanet is almost identical to Jupiter in terms of its mass and distance from its star, which is 60 per cent the mass of our sun, reports scientists at Jodrell Bank Centre in Manchester.

A planet 'almost identical' to Jupiter has been spotted orbiting a star 17,000 light years from Earth by NASA's Kepler telescope, scientists have revealed.  The exoplanet, K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, is alm… [+8442 chars]

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