1. An Independent Rogue Planet That Floats
Found Year: 2012.
Who Found It: Canada-France Brown Dwarfs Survey
Location: CBDSIR 2149-0403
All planets have a “Sun” that they orbit, according to what we were taught in elementary school about the solar system. All of that changed in 2012 when a rogue planet that didn’t seem to circle a dwarf star of its own was discovered by the Canada-France Brown Dwarfs Survey.
Unknown Planet That Is Abandoning Itself @nasa/Pinterest
It is likely that there are millions or perhaps billions of rogue planets in the universe, but CFBDSIR 2149-0403 was the first to be discovered. It looks to be at least seven times the mass of Jupiter and floats through space in a state of aimlessness. To put it another way, CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is a backpacker on a planet.
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