COCONUTS-2b

COCONUTS-2 b is a gas giantexoplanet that orbits the M-type star L 34-26. With a mass of 7.3 Jupiters, it takes over one million years to complete one orbit around the star orbiting 7,500 AU away from it.

The planet was discovered in 2011 and was initially identified as a T9 free-floating brown dwarf WISEPA J075108.79−763449.6. During the COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS (COCONUTS) survey, its association with L 34-26 was announced in 2021. At a distance of 35.5 light-years (10.9 parsecs), COCONUTS-2b was the closest directly imaged exoplanet to Earth until Epsilon Indi Ab was imaged in 2024.