July 1, 2010 - Examiner.com
A newly discovered planet that's about eight times the mass of Jupiter has been confirmed to be orbiting its parent Sun-like star from a distance 300 times farther than Earth is from our Sun.
The planet is the least massive planet known to date to orbit its star at such a great distance. It was first discovered in September 2008 by using Gemini Observatory's high-resolution adaptive optics technology.
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