TNPSC Thervupettagam
June 5 , 2023 671 days 665 0
  • A new Jupiter-size exoplanet with the highest density known till this date and mass 13 times than that of Jupiter has been discovered.
  • Discovery of this massive exoplanet was made using the ISRO’s indigenously made PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search spectrograph (PARAS).
  • The newly discovered exoplanet is found around the star called TOI4603 or HD 245134.
  • It is located 731 light years away.
  • It orbits a sub-giant F-type star TOI4603 every 7.24 days.
  • This discovery marks the third exoplanet discovery by India.
  • The other 2 discoveries are in 2018 (K2-236b) and 2021 (TOI-1789b).

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