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- NASA space telescopes pinpoint elusive brown dwarf
This illustration depicts a newly discovered brown dwarf, an object that weighs in somewhere between our solar system's most massive planet (Jupiter) and the least-massive known star
- Brown dwarf - Wikipedia
Currently, the International Astronomical Union considers an object above 13 MJ (the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium) to be a brown dwarf, whereas an object under that mass (and orbiting a star or stellar remnant) is considered a planet
- Astronomers find rare planet orbiting at 90 degrees around twin brown . . .
The planet—named 2M1510 (AB) b—moves around a pair of brown dwarfs, which are celestial objects heavier than gas giants but not quite stars These brown dwarfs form what is known as an eclipsing binary
- Rare Planet Orbits Brown Dwarfs at Right Angle
Astronomers have identified a possible planet in a remarkably rare configuration: orbiting two brown dwarfs at a right angle to their mutual path The system, informally named 2M1510, includes a planet candidate thought to follow a polar orbit, moving over the poles of its binary hosts rather than aligning with their orbital plane
- Perpendicular Planet: A 90° Orbit Over Twin Suns Leaves . . . - SciTechDaily
A bizarre planet may orbit two brown dwarfs in a steep, pole-skimming path—an unheard-of tilt that challenges our understanding of planetary motion Detected via gravitational wobbles, it might be the first polar-orbiting circumbinary planet ever found
- ‘Tatooine’-like planet orbits two stars ― but at a weird angle
Data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile suggests an unusual path for a planet orbiting the pair of brown dwarfs (artist’s illustration) called 2M1510 Credit: Mark Garlick Science Photo
- Rare Exoplanet Orbits Two Stars at a Wild 90-Degree Angle
Researchers are reporting the discovery of an exoplanet, named 2M1510 (AB) b, orbiting its host star at an angle of 90 degrees—called a polar orbit—in relation to the brown dwarfs’ orbital
- Unusual planet found orbiting two brown dwarfs - Earth. com
The exoplanet, named 2M1510 (AB) b, circles a rare pair of brown dwarfs – objects larger than gas-giant planets like Jupiter but not massive enough to qualify as full-fledged stars
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