Madbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@civilloquy.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkTIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its staren.wikipedia.orgMadbrad200@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@civilloquy.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBitSound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squarevalaramech@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAccording to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.
minus-squareBitSound@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAh, my bad. It’s 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.
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.