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TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to the entry, the semi-major axis is 7,506.0 AU which is ~0.1185 ly, not 35 ly.

[โ€“] BitSound 4 points 1 year ago

Ah, my bad. It's 35 ly away from us, not from the host star.