Planet Three Times More Massive Than Jupiter Found 1,200 Light-years Away

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Planet Three Times More Massive Than Jupiter Found 1,200 Light-years Away

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Here's the Newsweek article I found on MSN.com:
"Astronomers have discovered a planet three times more massive than Jupiter, and 300 times more massive than the Earth, in a star system located around 1,250 light-years away from our own."

https://www.msn.com/...way/ar-BB13pSUt

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Re: Planet Three Times More Massive Than Jupiter Found 1,200 Light-years Away

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Your link doesn't work for me Stephen. Possibly as I'm in UK.
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Re: Planet Three Times More Massive Than Jupiter Found 1,200 Light-years Away

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My edit window has closed, so here is a good link for the Newsweek article:

https://www.newsweek.com/exoplanet-thre ... er-1501149

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