PSR B1620−26 b
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PSR B1620-26 b is an exoplanet located approximately 12,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. It bears the unofficial nicknames "Methuselah" and "the Genesis planet" due to its
An artist's impression of PSR B1620-26 b. Its parent stars (a white dwarf and a rapidly spinning pulsar) are visible in the background.
The evolution of the PSR B1620-26 system.
The location of the system (circled in green).
Circumbinary planet
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A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one. The two stars orbit each other in a binary system, while the planet orbits farther from the center of the system than either of
PSR B1620−26 b
…named after the Biblical character Methuselah, who, according to the Bible, lived to be the oldest person) due to its extreme age. The planet is in a circumbinary orbit around the two stars of PSR B1620-26 (which are a pulsar (PSR B1620-26 A) and a white dwarf (WD B1620-26)) and is the first circumbinary planet ever…
Kepler-47 has a compact system with three circumbinary planets.
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