Oddball Planet Found By Amateur Astronomer, Thanks to Albert Einstein
Nov 1 · 4 min read
Kojima-1Lb is a cool exoplanet, roughly 20 times more massive than the Earth. What’s remarkable is how this planet was discovered, and its connection to Albert Einstein.
Almost 1,650 light years from Earth lies Kojima-1L, a dwarf star roughly 60 percent as massive as the Sun. Around that star revolves a giant planet, slightly more massive than Neptune, or around 20 times more massive than our own world. The planet was discovered thanks, in part, to a natural phenomenon first predicted by famed physicist Albert…


