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Introduction
An exoplanet or extra solar planet is a planet
that orbits a star other than the Sun. Nearly
2000 explants have been discovered since
1988 (1977 planets in 1257 planetary systems
including 490 multiple planetary systems as of 1
November 2015).
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Which is the youngest
explanted ?
The youngest
explanted yet
discovered is less than
1 million years old and
orbits Coku Tau 4, a
star 420 light-years
away. Astronomers
inferred the planet’s
presence from an
enormous hole in the
dusty disk that girdles
the star.