NASA Just Found One of the Coldest Planets Ever – And It's in a Twisted Orbit

SciTechDaily ^ | June 16, 2025 | Space Telescope Science Institute

[SunkenCiv]

14 Herculis b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 8.053 Jupiters, it takes 4.8 years to complete one orbit of its star, and is 2.774 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2002. [Nice interactive graphic here]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the link.

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[George from New England]

So this means nothing to humans

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Named EXWIFE

[9YearLurker]

No, that’s just Hillary Clinton.

[Bob434]

I wanna go there and build a whole bunch of SUV’s and melt everything lol

[wally_bert]

Planet Nan.

[Fiji Hill]

I recall a scene in the movie “Star Wars II” (1980) that took place on a planet covered with ice. Ice planets are cold.

[READINABLUESTATE]

A down jacket and boots for sure.

[SunkenCiv]

Ever since I posted this I’ve been thinking about driving the couple of miles for a jamocha shake.

[SunkenCiv]

:^) OTOH, this planet’s only a bit more than 8 times the size of Jupiter...

[SunkenCiv]

Twisted, cold — yeah, checks out.

[SunkenCiv]

Bill Hader’s tonton impression immediately comes to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfiP915CfiM

[samkatz]

Is it colder than Uranus?

[BipolarBob]

WE had a waterbed and her side was always frozen.

[Fungi]

Pure speculation. In the grand scheme of life, worthless knowledge.

[Huskrrrr]

Beat me to it. Thinking of my EX too.

[jmacusa]

Nope. 26 F?

Pffft! A walk in the park.

[jmacusa]

Hoth. The ice planet.

[Steve Van Doorn]

average temperature of:
Jupiter is about -234°F
Saturn is about -288°F
earth is 57°F

What am I missing in this report?