Supercool planet discovered near the Earth
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*ISLAMABAD - An international group of astronomers, involving the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, has detected a planet around Barnard’s star, which is only six light years away.*
The planet has just over three times the mass of Earth and is slightly colder than Saturn.
The discovery was made by measuring the periodic change in the radial velocity of the parent star.
Barnard’s star (GJ 699) is the single star closest to Earth, located at a distance of about 6 light years.
When viewed from Earth, it moves faster than any other star in the sky.
