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Researchers confirm imaged planet orbits around sun-like star in the Astrophysical JournalA planet about eight times the mass of Jupiter has been confirmed to orbit a Sun-like star that's some 300 times farther from its own star than Earth is from its sun.The newly confirmed planet is the least massive planet known to orbit at such a great distance from its host star.The discovery, first reported in September 2008, was made using high-resolution adaptive optics technology at the Gemini...