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Giant rings around ‘super Saturn’ exoplanet turn in the wrong direction

12 October 2016 Astronomy Now

Researchers from Japan and the Netherlands who were previously involved in the discovery of an exoplanet with huge rings have now calculated that the giant rings may persist more than 100,000 years — as long as the rings orbit in the opposite direction compared to that of the planet around the star.

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Exoplanet J1407b possesses ring system 200 times larger than Saturn’s

26 January 2015 Astronomy Now

Researchers in The Netherlands and United States show that a young giant planet or brown dwarf known as J1407b possesses a complex ring system 120 million kilometres in diameter.

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  • Mars helicopter software update sets stage for Monday test flight

    11 April 2021
  • Astronomers spot merging galaxies hosting dual quasars

    7 April 2021
  • RAS warns of growing light pollution as satellite fleets expand

    1 April 2021
  • InSight lander detects two more sizeable marsquakes

    1 April 2021
  • Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov may be most pristine ever seen

    31 March 2021
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