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TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] sparemethewearysigh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It’s also over 7500 AU (or, over 697,500,000,000 miles) away from its host star. Meaning it’s over 7500x further from its star than we are from ours. I suppose it makes sense that it’d take that long to complete an orbit!