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GQ Lupi b

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Size comparison of GQ Lupi b with Jupiter.

GQ Lupi b or GQ Lupi B[1][2] is a possible exoplanet, brown dwarf or sub-brown dwarf orbiting (going around) GQ Lupi. Its discovery was announced in April 2005. This was one of the first extrasolar planet candidates to be imaged directly, along with 2M1207b.

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  1. Alcalá, J. M.; Majidi, F. Z.; Desidera, S.; Frasca, A.; Manara, C. F.; Rigliaco, E.; Gratton, R.; Bonnefoy, M.; Covino, E.; Chauvin, G.; Claudi, R. (March 2020). "2MASS J15491331-3539118: a new low-mass wide companion of the GQ Lup system". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 635: L1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937309. ISSN 0004-6361.
  2. Stolker, Tomas; Haffert, Sebastiaan Y.; Kesseli, Aurora Y.; van Holstein, Rob G.; Aoyama, Yuhiko; Brinchmann, Jarle; Cugno, Gabriele; Girard, Julien H.; Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique; Meyer, Michael R.; Milli, Julien (2021-12-06). "Characterizing the Protolunar Disk of the Accreting Companion GQ Lupi B*". The Astronomical Journal. 162 (6): 286. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac2c7f. ISSN 0004-6256.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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