“They are unique and frightening…” Found: 2 Planetary Systems. Result: Astronomers Stunned. “Astronomers
have discovered two more
planetary systems in the universe, and
they appear to bear little or no
resemblance to each other or to the
solar system.

In one of the systems, a Sun-like star is
accompanied by a massive planet and an even larger object
17 times as massive as Jupiter. If this whopper is a planet, it
is the largest ever detected, defying current theory.
Scientists suspect that it could be a dim failed star or a type
of astronomical object that has never been observed before.

In the other system, two planets of more normal size are
orbiting a small star. But their orbits are anything but normal.
The pair of planets are locked in resonant orbits, moving in
synchrony around the star with orbital periods of 61 and 30
days; the inner planet goes around twice for each orbit of
the outer one.” New York Times