Odd Binary Star System Has a Huge Planetary Companion

Odd binary star system has a huge planetary companion

A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which may have emerged from a circumbinary orbit or from a second-generation protoplanetary disk.

"Improbable" Planet Is Orbiting A Stellar Odd-Couple The Wrong Way Round

Such a planet has never been seen before, and there are strong theoretical grounds against its formation.

Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion

A team of international astronomers has announced the discovery of an exoplanet with a retrograde orbit in the binary star system Nu Octantis, located 63 light years from our planet. The system includes a subgiant with a mass of 1.2 solar masses and a white dwarf with a mass of 0.5 solar masses, which are separated by 2.6 astronomical units. Such conditions were previously considered unfavorable... The post Exoplanet with a retrograde orbit disc…