L 98-59b: A new planet discovered by NASA mission | Explained News, The Indian Express

L 98-59b: A new planet discovered by NASA mission | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: June 28, 2019 9:55:36 am

L 98-59b: A new planet discovered by NASA mission

It is between the sizes of Mars and Earth and orbits a bright, cool, nearby star. It has been named L 98-59b.

Apart from L 98-59b, two other worlds orbit the same star.

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a new planet, the tiniest of its finds so far. It is between the sizes of Mars and Earth and orbits a bright, cool, nearby star. It has been named L 98-59b.