UNAWE Space Scoop - Could This Be One of the Strangest Planets Ever Found?

https://spacescoop.org/en/scoops/2507/could-this-be-one-of-the-strangest-planets-ever-found/


Recently, a team of astronomers found a new exoplanet, called
2M1510 (AB) b, that really surprised them. This new exoplanet is
special — its orbit looks more like a Ferris wheel! 


 


It goes up and over the top rather than around the side,
traveling at a right angle to the carousel-like path we normally
find. But having an unusual orbit is only part of the puzzle, and
to see just how odd our new exoplanet is we also need to look at
its stars.


 


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