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Scientists have discovered a new planet and they have called it WASP-17! Before you get wondering that the planet is inhabited by giant alien insect wasps, it has nothing to do with wasps from outer space, its name comes from the initials of the Wide Area Search for Planets, a consortium of British universities.

WASP-17 is located 1000 light years from Earth, and according to initial calculations, his size would be twice the size of Jupiter!

Scientists discover, WASP-17 is orbiting backwards. WASP-17 is an F-type main sequence star approx. 1000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. As of 2009, an extrasolar planet has been confirmed to orbit the star. The planet is thought to orbit in a retrograde orbit (opposite the star’s rotation).

Initial calculations revealed that the size of WASP 17 is double the size of Jupiter. Wow, that's really massive. There is no information that says whether this planet is gaseous or solid.

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