Mikko TuomiAstronomers have confirmed the existence of #exoplanet Gaia-4bโone of the most massive #planets known to orbit a low-mass #star.
Gaia-4b is also the first #planet detected by the #Gaia spacecraft using the #astrometric technique.
The newly discovered exoplanet, named Gaia-4b, has an orbital period of 570 days and a mass of 12 Jupiter masses and orbits a star 64% of the mass of the sun.
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-high-precision-spectrograph-massive-exoplanet.html
High-precision spectrograph confirms massive exoplanet orbiting a low-mass star
With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4bโone of the most massive planets known to orbit a low-mass star. Gaia-4b is also the first planet detected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft using the astrometric technique.
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