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Astronomers Characterize "Improbable" System Shaped by Brown Dwarf

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Astronomers Characterize "Improbable" System Shaped by Brown Dwarf
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An international team involving over ten institutions, with a strong participation from ESO and INAF, has characterised TOI-201 c, the transiting brown dwarf with the longest period for which mass has been measured. The study, published today in Nature, reveals a compact, coplanar system in which the presence of a massive, eccentric object redefines the stability boundaries for the inner planets

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