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YSES 2 b
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YSES 2 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star YSES 2 (TYC 8984-2245-1) in the constellation of Musca.[3] It was discovered through direct imaging by Bohn et al. in 2021. The planet is unusually far from its young host star.[3]

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Its year is 1176.5 Earth years,[2] and its semi-major axis is 114 AU. Its mass is 6.3+1.6
−0.9
Jupiter masses, its radius is unknown, and its temperature is unknown.

YSES 2, the host star, is a young, Sun-like star. It is approximately 360 ly from Earth in Scorpius-Centaurus Association. Its age is 14 million years.[4]

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