Madbrad200 to Today I Learned (TIL)@civilloquy.comEnglish • 2 years agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up136arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]til[email protected]todayilearned[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200 to Today I Learned (TIL)@civilloquy.comEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square6cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]til[email protected]todayilearned[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@BitSoundlinkEnglish3•2 years agoHow 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-squarevalaramechlinkfedilink4•2 years agoAccording to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.
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.