Astronomers have discovered a new warm Jupiter HD 167768b around an old evolved giant star. It is expected that in the next 150 million years, the expanding luminary will absorb the exoplanet.
HD 167768 is 5.3 billion years old. The star belongs to the spectral class G8 III and has a mass of 1.08 solar masses, and is ten times the size of our star. Its effective temperature is 4851 kelvin.
Scientists have come to the conclusion that the star continues its evolution, therefore it will move further along the branch of the red giants and expand. In the near future, this will lead to the death of an exoplanet.
