WISEA 1147

WISEA 1147 is a brown dwarf in the TW Hydrae association that is unassociated with any system.[1][2][3]

The brown dwarf was discovered using information from NASA's WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) and the 2MASS (Two Micron All-Sky Survey), researchers believe WISEA 1147 is a brown dwarf, because it is located within a group of stars and is only 10-million-years-old. The planetary-mass sits within a young star family and is 5 to 10 times the mass of Jupiter.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Newcomb, Alyssa (20 April 2016). "Lonely Planet Unattached to a Star Found in Deep Space". ABC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lone Planetary-Mass Object Found in Family of Stars". NASA. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Kennell, Joanne. "Astronomers Spot a Lonely Planet-Like Object Floating Freely in Space". The Science Explorer. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "NASA spots free-floating brown dwarf in deep space". MSN. 22 April 2016.
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