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Astronomers have recently discovered a new "Oddball" exoplanet on the outskirts of our Solar System. This planet is considered odd compared to its exoplanet brothers and sisters, as it orbits its mother star in a mere four days. This is an astoundingly short orbit, and the news was big in the astronomical world this morning. More will be added to this Wiki shortly.

This planet is also exceedingly strange due to its huge size! It is 13 times as large as the planet Jupiter, which, if it had expanded forty times as much as it did during its creation, would have become a nuclear furnace of its own, a small star which would probably die out as a brown dwarf.

Moderators, please do not delete this entry as it will soon become very long :)