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I think what the team is saying is that we are seeing a cloud of material (of roughly 14 Jupiter masses) composed of dust and gas including rocks and pebbles in this system. In other words this is really only the very beginnings of a planet rather than a fully fledged 14 Jupiter mass planet of the enormous gas giant kind we see around other stars.

Bengu - Dr Jane Greaves is the leader of the team that made this discovery; though a nebulous region was detected in the location of this planet a few years earlier by another team. However the resolution of the instrument then was, as I understand it, insufficient to tell exactly what the nature of the ‘nebula’ was.

Best,

Will

I wonder if you can help me. I am keen to find who found this planet and when exactly it was discovered.

Would anyone here be able to lead me to the right person?

Best wishes,

Bengu Shail