The planet, a very young gas giant, is about 521 light-years away from Earth. Its strange orbit also enables researchers to get exciting information as it transits in front of its parent star with little to no obstructions to Earth-based instruments, like NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which made the discovery.
IRAS 04125+2902 b is roughly the same age as its parent star, which is far too brief in cosmic terms under our current understanding of planet formation.
IRAS 04125+2902 b has a radius roughly 10.7 times larger than that of Earth, making it comparable in size to Jupiter. However, it is significantly less dense, possessing only 30% of Jupiter’s mass.
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