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Old 03-11-2017, 01:54 PM
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Most massive planet to be transiting an M-dwarf discovered. Astronomers surprised

In a paper submitted 30 Oct 2017 to arXiv.org, Bayliss et. al. report on
the discovery of NGTS-1b, a "hot-Jupiter" planet transiting an early
M-dwarf host every 2.67 days.

It is the most massive planet ever found orbiting a M-dwarf and has
come as a surprise to many astronomers.

Paper here :- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.11099.pdf
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