Artist’s rendering of the “super-Jupiter” Kappa Andromedae b

Artist's rendering of the "super-Jupiter" Kappa Andromedae b
November 19, 2012
CreditNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger
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The "super-Jupiter" Kappa Andromedae b, shown here in an artist's rendering, circles its star at nearly twice the distance that Neptune orbits the sun. With a mass about 13 times Jupiter's, the object glows with a reddish color.