Jul 19, 2005, 11:48 am
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Location: New York Posts: 2,383 | BBC: Mysterious planet baffles experts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4682361.stm Quote:
A strange, distant world with three suns is baffling astronomers and challenging established theories.
The hefty planet is bigger than Jupiter although it stays very close to its main star; 20 times closer, in fact, than the Earth is to our Sun.
Some experts are puzzled because this intimate location should have stopped the body's formation.
"You shouldn't see it, but you do see it," German researcher Artie Hatzes told news@nature.com.
The planet, which is nestled within the triple star system known as HD 188753, lies 149 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation.
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