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Great, that explains things! However, if it is 5x the size of Jupiter, why call it a "Neptune"? Distance? In terms of composition, it must have an interior more like Jupiter than Neptune.

I'm puzzled why the LARGER planets are called "super-earths" and the SMALLER planet is called a "cold Neptune". If the smaller planet is only 5-6 times the size of Earth it is not like Neptune, which is 17 times larger than Earth. Also, the "super-Earth" sizes at 7x are quite a bit larger than...