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TrES-2-b, the darkest exoplanet ever recorded. Is it likely that the reason why we haven't found Planet 9 is for a similar reason? Planet 9 would also prove the existence of the 5 Planet NICE model, which is interesting for a whole host of reasons.


TrES-2 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 1.49 Jupiters, it takes 2.5 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.03568 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2006.

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