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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovery date | 2019 |
Imaging | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
835 au[1] | |
Star | V921 Scorpii |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | 60 MJ [1] |
V921 Scorpii b is a candidate 60-Jupiter-mass brown dwarf orbiting V921 Scorpii, a 20-solar-mass 30,000 K Herbig Haro B0IV-class subgiant. The object is 835 AU away from V921 Scorpii. Despite the large distance, V921 Scorpii b receives a comparable amount of irradiation as Mars, owing to the large mass and luminosity of V921 Scorpii.[1]
While this candidate object is likely a brown dwarf, it is included in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia since it includes substellar objects with masses up to 60 Jupiter masses.[1]