• Question: what is the biggest planet that has been descoverd so far

    Asked by 493radg37 to Ajay, Kate, Kuntal, Pip, Reka on 4 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by cookielivi2.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Had to Google that one as I didn’t remember its name – it’s HD 100546, also known as KR Muscae, Not a very memorable name. It is nearly 7 times bigger than Jupiter, which in turn is 11 times bigger than Earth. So KR Muscae is 77 times bigger than Earth!

    • Photo: Kuntal Singh

      Kuntal Singh answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      I googled as well but found a different answer. the planet Kepler-1647b is the largest planet discovered as of June 13, 2016. This planet is 4.4 billion years old almost similar to Earth’s age (I am just 27 years old 🙂 ). The interesting fact about this planet is that it revolves around 2 Suns (Earth revolves around just one)

      This is a slightly different answer than Reka’s (below). HD 100546 is techincally a star (which makes it a little different than a planet). Check it out!

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