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Should companions orbiting a brown dwarf be considered a moon or a planet?
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The original was posted on /r/space by /u/CurtisLeow on 2026-08-08 19:23:02+00:00.


They possibly detected a planetary-mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf. Here's the abstract of the paper in Nature. It's a 0.9 Jupiter mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf with 29 Jupiter masses. There's no scientific consensus if this should be considered a planet or moon. I'm curious what you guys lean towards.

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