{"id":159015,"date":"2023-02-26T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T17:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/large-forbidden-exoplanet-orbits-a-relatively-tiny-star"},"modified":"2023-02-26T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T17:23:55","slug":"large-forbidden-exoplanet-orbits-a-relatively-tiny-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/large-forbidden-exoplanet-orbits-a-relatively-tiny-star","title":{"rendered":"Large \u2018forbidden\u2019 exoplanet orbits a relatively tiny star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/large-forbidden-exoplanet-orbits-a-relatively-tiny-star2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astronomers have discovered a \u201cforbidden\u201d planet that appears to be far larger than should be possible given its circumstances. A team of researchers investigated a candidate exoplanet called TOI 5205b, first identified by NASA\u2019s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and not only confirmed that the planet was there but also discovered that it has some baffling characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>The exoplanet orbits a type of star called an M dwarf or red dwarf. These are the most common type of stars in our galaxy and are small and cool, typically being around half as hot as our sun.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s common to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/space\/exoplanet-eccentric-orbit-habitable-zone\/\" >exoplanets orbiting red dwarfs<\/a>, it\u2019s rare to find gas giants orbiting them. And in the case of the recent discovery, the gas giant exoplanet was found orbiting a low-mass M dwarf, which is unheard of. The planet is very large in comparison to its star and blocks out around 7% of the star\u2019s light when passing in front of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomers have discovered a \u201cforbidden\u201d planet that appears to be far larger than should be possible given its circumstances. A team of researchers investigated a candidate exoplanet called TOI 5205b, first identified by NASA\u2019s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and not only confirmed that the planet was there but also discovered that it has some [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}