images

Exoplanet BD +48 738c

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-30260

Date

2014-01-31

It's a large planet, which may be a small brown dwarf, that orbits a red dwarf star. According to one reference: "...one of the massive, dying stars -- BD +48 738 -- is accompanied not only by an enormous, Jupiter-like planet, but also by a second, mystery object. According to the team, this object could be another planet, a low-mass star, or -- most interestingly -- a brown dwarf, which is a star-like body that is intermediate in mass between the coolest stars and giant planets."