Artist’s Impression of the Hypothesized “Planet Nine”
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.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Image
Id: | heic2021b |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | 10 December 2020, 17:00 |
Related releases: | heic2021 |
Size: | 3768 x 2256 px |
About the Object
Name: | HD 106906 b |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Distance: | 350 light years |
Category: | Exoplanets |
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