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82:(22.6 g/cm), the densest natural element under standard conditions. Extreme compression of matter inside it causes the high density, because it is likely composed mainly of 1478: 257:; Almenara, J. M.; et al. (2008). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. VI. CoRoT-Exo-3b: the first secure inhabitant of the brown-dwarf desert". 1640: 1505: 1532: 1317: 1312: 1826: 1473: 936: 1240: 1211: 794: 1527: 1071: 479: 1247: 1510: 1347: 1076: 1194: 1680: 1223: 1655: 1607: 1602: 1597: 1592: 1587: 1582: 1577: 1572: 1567: 1562: 1557: 1552: 1547: 1542: 1537: 1228: 210: 1819: 1337: 1327: 1061: 1373: 1307: 421: 740: 1665: 1515: 1322: 1199: 365: 1698: 1332: 1393: 1383: 871: 26: 394: 1812: 1468: 1419: 1342: 1181: 484: 1424: 1650: 1297: 1252: 1131: 1121: 1116: 1101: 1096: 1635: 981: 1287: 1066: 78:, with a mass around 22 Jupiter masses, is predicted to have an average density of 26.4 g/cm, greater than 941: 1630: 1429: 1088: 1711: 1463: 1458: 1448: 1206: 866: 259: 1693: 1443: 1111: 896: 780: 1855: 1850: 1453: 1398: 1259: 1151: 1046: 806: 449: 1166: 166: 1675: 1378: 1302: 876: 414: 230: 118: 1845: 1388: 1269: 881: 831: 856: 200: 68:" (gas giants with a large diameter but low density). An example of this may be the exoplanet 1357: 1126: 1001: 901: 735: 926: 335: 282: 1670: 1645: 1625: 1235: 906: 821: 517: 444: 331: 278: 133: 46: 8: 1773: 1438: 986: 966: 921: 891: 700: 695: 494: 1800: 1761: 1749: 1034: 951: 911: 826: 526: 407: 347: 321: 294: 268: 253:
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This article is about the type of astronomical object. For the synthesizer, see
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with about half the mass of Jupiter but about 1.38 times larger diameter.
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borderline have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star
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is a gas giant exoplanet that is more massive than the planet
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Index

Roland MKS-80

2M1207b
Jupiter
companions
brown dwarf
Kappa Andromedae
hot
puffy planets
HAT-P-1b
CoRoT-3b
osmium
hydrogen
surface gravity
Kappa Andromedae b
Kappa Andromedae
Neptune
Sun
Extrasolar planet
Ice giant
Kepler-1704b
List of planet types
Red dwarf
Super-Earth


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