ESA Science & Technology - heic2021b_1280.jpg

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Description An 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away and may be offering clues to something that might be much closer to home: a hypothesized distant member of our Solar System dubbed “Planet Nine.” This is the first time that astronomers have been able to measure the motion of a massive Jupiter-like planet that is orbiting very far away from its host stars and visible debris disc.

Subject HD 106906 b

Title Artist’s Impression of the Hypothesized “Planet Nine”

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Last Modification 2020-11-17T15:57:10

Keywords HD 106906 b

Creation Date 2020-11-17T15:57:10

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