Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brown dwarf star pair

Weirdest Solar System Ever? Meet the Planet That Spins Perpendicular to Its Stars

Forget neat planetary orbits — this newly discovered exoplanet circles two brown dwarfs at a right angle.

Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brown dwarf star pair

It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion

Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine

Like something from 'Star Wars,' 2M1510 is in a rare perpendicular orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs.

For decades, science fiction has shown us worlds with two suns and landscapes bathed by double twilight, but now reality seems to reach fantasy. A team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet orbiting two brown dwarfs, known as “failed stars”, in an orbit completely perpendicular to the plane of rotation of their hosts. This rare system, located about 120 light years from Earth, challenges traditional notions about the formation and dynamics …

** Astronomers have discovered a planet, 2M1510 b, orbiting two brown dwarfs ** Its orbit is perpendicular to the plane in which the two suns orbit each other ** The 2M1510 system is found in the constellation Libra, 120 light-years away

A planet that does not orbit its suns - but overflys them: 2M1510 b moves around two brown dwarfs on an almost vertical orbit and thus provides for a so far unique special case among the known planetary systems. (Read more)