An artist’s impression shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the centre.
| Photo Credit:
ESO/M. KORNMESSER
Scientists are documenting a
planetary system in the Milky Way galaxy that is so starkly
Astronomers have discovered a rare planetary system 71 light-years away, where a Jupiter-sized world orbits a brown dwarf, challenging existing definitions.
An artist’s impression shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the centre.
| Photo Credit:
ESO/M. KORNMESSER
Scientists are documenting a
planetary system in the Milky Way galaxy that is so starkly

WASHINGTON, July 22 : Scientists are documenting a planetary system in the Milky Way galaxy that is so starkly dissimilar to our…

"This system is somewhat hard to define using solar-system-based words like 'planet' and 'moon.'"

"This discovery provides a crucial insight into how planets form even around massive, eccentric objects."

Object orbits a brown dwarf, which circles another star, confusing the cosmic taxonomy

The almost Jupiter-sized object is orbiting a brown dwarf, which, in turn, is circling around a small star

El sistema está formado por una estrella enana roja, con aproximadamente el 40% de la masa del Sol, alrededor de la cual orbita…