A new planet outside the solar system ‘TOI-6651b’

An international team of scientists led by Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad has discovered a new planet outside the solar system, ‘TOI-6651b’. It is five times larger and 60 times heavier than Earth, which is a planet of Sub-Saturn class. The size of the planets of Sub-Saturn class is between Neptune and Saturn. It has been discovered using ‘PRL Advanced Radial Velocity Abu Sky Search-2’ (PARAS-2).

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