A giant exoplanet, HD 106906 b, was expelled to solar system’s outer limits from its inner orbit, as per a study by astronomers. They said details found with the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope could help in revealing the chaos in young planetary systems.

HD 106906, a star considered as the younger version of the sun, is located near the constellation Crux. The exoplanet HD 106906 b orbits the star at a large distance. The exoplanet is about 650 astronomical units far from its host star. One astronomical unit is equal to approximately 93 million miles.

HD 106906 b is not only far, but quite large too. It size is equal to 11 Jupiter planets. The astronomers said it was surprising to see a giant planet forming at a great distance from its host star. After analysis, the astronomers found that the exoplanet was exiled by gravitational turbulence.

After studying close images of the planet, the astronomers found that a dusty ring of debris is surrounding the star. Paul Kalas from the University of California said the research suggested that an unknown perturbation may have kicked the entire planetary system recently to its current state.

“The planet is also unusual in that its orbit is possibly tilted 21 degrees away from the plane of the inner planetary system, whereas most planets typically lie close to a common plane”, Kalas explained.

While imaging HD 106906 b, Kalas and other astronomers considered data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope. They said the research suggested that the exoplanet may have picked up debris during its voyage to outer limit of its solar system.