UNAWE Space Scoop: Lonely Planet — The Hungriest Exoplanet

https://spacescoop.org/en/scoops/2524/lonely-planet-the-hungriest-found-in-space/


Hosted by Richard Drumm, our editor.


You’ve probably heard of exoplanets. Planets that orbit stars
other than our Sun. But did you know that there are objects with
a mass similar to a planet that float free in space, that don’t
orbit a star? These lonely wanderers are called rogue planets.


 


Recently, a team of astronomers discovered a very special one in
the southern constellation Chameleon. The rogue planet is named
Cha (for Chameleon) 1107-7626 and is located about 620
light-years away. It has a mass of 5 to 10 times that of Jupiter
and is still growing! 


 


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