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US teen discovers new planet while a NASA intern

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Published : Jan 14, 2020, 1:24 PM IST

The newly discovered planet, TOI 1338 b, is around 6.9 times larger than Earth, which puts it between the sizes of Neptune and Saturn.

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New York: The New York teen who discovered a new planet while an intern at NASA appeared on ABC's 'Strahan Sara & Keke' morning show to talk about the experience.

Wolf Cukier thanked NASA for the "opportunity" while giving credit to his work group.

US teen discovers new planet while a NASA intern

NASA says the discovery was featured in a panel discussion on January 6 at the 235th American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu.

The planet, TOI 1338 b, is around 6.9 times larger than Earth, which puts it between the sizes of Neptune and Saturn.

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It lies in a system 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Pictor.

Culkier and the NASA research team used data from the space agencies telescope called Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to located the new planet.

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