Distant gas giant challenges our understanding of planetary formation

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/27/distant-gas-giant-challenges-o.html

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[NashRambler]

[anon50609448]

@beschizza

These things are all relative; the M-type red dwarf is still has 270 times the mass of the planet, which has about half the mass of Jupiter.

But to put that in perspective, that puts their mass relationship much close to earth:moon (81) than it does to sun:earth (333,000).

[philbin1]

Our own gas giant, ironically a red dwarf as well.

[Trenien]

Shouldn’t the title be more along the lines of ‘Distant gas giant wreaks havoc with a theory built upon a ridiculously small sample’…

[NashRambler]

@Trenien

‘Distant gas giant wreaks havoc with a theory built upon a ridiculously small sample’…

Logic and proportion have no place in clickbait. Begone wi’ ye!