... as a "super-Jupiter." Many other solar systems have multiple suns, while ours just has one. The sun as seen from Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The planet orbits a star called Kappa Andromedae that is 2.5 times the mass of the sun and is located 170 light-years away from Earth. By 2011 there were 180 known super-Jupiters, some hot, some cold. A super-Jupiter is an astronomical object that is more massive than the planet Jupiter.For example, companions at the planet–brown dwarf borderline have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star Kappa Andromedae. For example, companions at the planet–brown dwarf borderline have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star Kappa Andromedae. By 2011 there were 180 known super-Jupiters, some hot, some cold. By 2011 there were 180 known super-Jupiters, some hot, some cold. Here we see Jupiter about to eclipse a sun five times smaller than the one we see from Earth. Each year, Saturn completes about 12 degrees of its orbit around the sun, whereas Jupiter completes about 30 degrees. The planet orbits a star called Kappa Andromedae that is 2.5 times the mass of the sun and is located 170 light-years away from Earth. A Super-Jupiter planet is clearly visible to the upper left. In fact, Jupiter’s polar flattening is greater than that of Earth’s – 0.06487 ± 0.00015 compared to 0.00335. A super-Jupiter is an astronomical object that's more massive than the planet Jupiter. Our Sun is an average sized star: there are smaller stars and larger stars, even up to 100 times larger. A super-Jupiter is an astronomical object that's more massive than the planet Jupiter. HD 106906b is a so-called super-Jupiter with a mass 11 times that of Jupiter. For example, companions at the planet–brown dwarf borderline have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star Kappa Andromedae. Our Sun is 864,000 miles in diameter and 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface. The sun also orbits this spot; if you were to look at the planetary plane from above, you'd notice a slight wobble as the sun moves around the Milky Way, as this hypnotic NASA animation helps explain. The Sol-Jupiter barycenter sits 1.07 times the radius of the sun from the sun's center, or 7 percent the radius of the sun from the surface. It orbits a white main-sequence star, HD 106906A , located in the constellation … Jupiter is about 484 million miles from the sun, or about 5.2 times farther than the distance from Earth to the sun. The planet, named HD 106906b, weighs in at 11 times Jupiter’s mass. For comparison, the surface of our own Sun is a mere 5,700 K, so if a blue supergiant replaced our Sun, all life would be scorched from the surface of the Earth. Have been called super-Jupiters, such as around the star Kappa Andromedae smaller than the distance from Earth the. Borderline have been called super-Jupiters, some cold planet Jupiter, one of.! 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