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Forbidden Planet - NGTS-4b

June 3 , 2019 1795 days 675 0
  • Astronomers say they have discovered a rogue exoplanet with its own atmosphere in the Neptunian Desert.
  • NGTS-4b, nick-named ‘The Forbidden Planet’ is smaller than Neptune but three times the size of Earth.
  • Also, it has the equivalent of Earth’s orbit around the Sun of one year.
  • It is the first exoplanet of its kind to have been found in the Neptunian Desert.
  • The Neptunian Desert is the region close to stars where no Neptune-sized planets are found.

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