The Largest Planet In The Universe.
Exoplanet TrES-4b comparison with Jupitar and earth. What is the largest planet ever discovered in the universe yet? The answer is TrES-4b. Yes, TrES-4b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2006 and announced in 2007 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey using the transit method. It is 1,430 light-years (440 pc) away in the constellation Hercules. TrES-4b is one of the largest exoplanets ever found, after WASP-12b, WASP-17b, CT Chamaeleontis b (though the latter may be a brown dwarf), and GQ Lupi b. It was discovered in 2006, and announced in 2007, by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, using the transit method. It is approximately 1,400 light-years (430 pc) away orbiting the star GSC 02620-00648, in the constellation Hercules. The largest planet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exit, scientists say. Dubbed TrES-4, the planet is about 1.7 times the size of Jupiter and belongs to a small subclass of "puffy" planets ...
