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First planet discovered to have a retrograde orbit [131] and first to have quartz (crystalline silica, SiO 2) in its clouds. [132] Has an exteremely low density of 0.08 g/cm 3, [133] the lowest of any exoplanet when it was discovered, and was possibly the largest exoplanet at the time of discovery, with a radius of 1.92 R J. [134] KELT-19 Ab: 1 ...
Jupiter is a gas giant, ... In 1610, Italian polymath Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope ...
A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. [1] Jupiter and Saturn are the gas giants of the Solar System . The term "gas giant" was originally synonymous with " giant planet ".
A super-Jupiter is a gas giant exoplanet that is more massive than the planet Jupiter. For example, companions at the planet–brown dwarf borderline have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star Kappa Andromedae. [1] By 2011 there were 180 known super-Jupiters, some hot, some cold. [2]
A giant planet, sometimes referred to as a jovian planet (Jove being another name for the Roman god Jupiter), is a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. Giant planets are usually primarily composed of low-boiling point materials (), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can also exist.
A gas giant planet was found orbiting TVLM 513-46546, [113] which is an ultracool star (2242 K) located very close to the brown dwarf/star mass boundary. [ 114 ] System characteristics
A giant anaconda species captured recently in the Amazon of Ecuador by a team of scientists is the largest to ever be documented, ... shot incredible photos of the newly discovered snake in action.
TrES-4b is an exoplanet, one of the largest exoplanets ever found. It was discovered in 2006, and announced in 2007, by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey , using the transit method . It is approximately 1,400 light-years (430 pc ) away orbiting the star GSC 02620-00648 , in the constellation Hercules .