Discovery date April 6th, 2016 | Discovery status Confirmed | |
Discoverer(s) University of Western Ontario, Canada | ||
2MASS J11193254–1137466 (often shortened to 2MASS J1119–1137) is a possible rogue exoplanet located approximately 95 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Hydra. 2MASS J1119–1137 has a mass of approximately four to eight Jupiter masses, and has an age of approximately 10 million years. The exoplanet is also a part of the TW Hydrae association. Its discovery was announced on the 6th of April 2016 by the Carnegie Institution for Science and Western University of Ontario, Canada.
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