Binary system 2M J044144,artwork. At left is the primary star,an approximately 20 Jupiter-mass brown dwarf. At right is its 5-10 Jupiter-mass companion (other companions are not shown). The disk shown surrounding the primary likely never had enough material to make a companion of this mass. Hence,based on research published in 2010,it is thought that the small companion formed like a binary star,rather than from a disc. Here,the distance is not to scale,though the relative sizes are (the actual distance is much greater). This binary star system is 450 light years from Earth,in the constellation of Taurus | |
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