Last May, the COROT satellite discovered another exoplanet to add to the stack of 228 confirmed exoplanets. Follow-up investigations of the object, named Corot-exo-3b, have revealed it to be quite a curiosity as far as exoplanets are concerned, and some of its characteristics – such as its density of twice that of lead – may force astronomers to rethink the distinction between massive planets and low-mass brown dwarfs.
Boggle.
Via universe Today.
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