Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth'

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Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth' #226128 Mon 02 Jun 2014 03:58:PM
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 800,656 Los Angeles, USA	Astronomers have discovered a new type of planet -- a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. Theorists believed such a world couldn't form because anything so hefty would grab hydrogen gas as it grew and become a Jupiter-like gas giant. This planet, though, is all solids and much bigger than previously discovered 'super-Earths,' making it a 'mega-Earth.' Source: Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth' David Cottle UBB Owner & Administrator