Madbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@civilloquy.comEnglish · 2 年前TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up130cross-posted to: til@lemmy.worldTodayILearned@kbin.socialtodayilearned@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.mltil@lemmy.ca
arrow-up130external-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)@civilloquy.comEnglish · 2 年前message-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.worldTodayILearned@kbin.socialtodayilearned@lemmy.worldtodayilearned@lemmy.mltil@lemmy.ca
minus-squareBitSound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前How is it “orbiting” at 35 light years away? That’s like 8x further away than the nearest star to our sun. Is there just nothing else closer?
minus-squarevalaramech@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 年前According to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.
minus-squareBitSound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 年前Ah, my bad. It’s 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.
How is it “orbiting” at 35 light years away? That’s like 8x further away than the nearest star to our sun. Is there just nothing else closer?
According to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.
Ah, my bad. It’s 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.