Observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope suggest a body at least as massive as Jupiter is orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system, which could be the first natural satellite detected outside our Solar System, according to a Nature study led by Kevin Hoy. ScienceDaily
ScienceDailyAstronomers may have discovered the first moon beyond our Solar SystemAstronomers have uncovered evidence of a bizarre, potentially historic discovery: the first moon ever detected beyond our Solar System. Unlike familiar moons, this mysterious object is at least as massive as Jupiter and orbits a brown dwarf, which itself circles a star. The unusual arrangement chall
If something that massive orbits a brown dwarf, is it a moon, a planet, or does the definition need rethinking?
