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- 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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