The planet, HR 5183 b, is three times the size of Jupiter and slingshots around its star along an egg-shaped orbit.
A planet unlike anything ever discovered before has been identified by a team of U.S.-led scientists. The planet, named HR 5183 b, is about three times the size of Jupiter—the biggest planet in our solar system—and travels along a huge, egg-shaped orbit, slingshotting around its star once every 45 to 100 years.
"This newfound planet basically would have come in like a wrecking ball, knocking anything in its way out of the system," Howard said. It is not known exactly how other solar systems formed, but finding other giant planets like HR 5183 b—and its bizarre orbit—could provide clues. Because the orbits of most planets start off in a circular shape, the researchers believe HR 5183 b must have been pushed onto its current trajectory by another object. This could have been another massive planet—and when the two collided, HR 5183 b was placed into an egg-shaped orbit, while the other was flung from the solar system.
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