Zhoujian Zhang is lead author of a study on the planet.
Coconuts-2b’s discovery is different.
It can be seen in infrared by a sensitive telescope.
The gas giant is truly gigantic with six times the mass of Jupiter.
It’s named for the Cool Companions on Ultrawide Orbits (Coconuts) survey.
The planet is named Coconuts-2b and its star system is Coconuts-2.
The survey had previous turned up astar system called Coconuts-1.
Studying exoplanets can help us learn about the history of our own solar system.
