YSES 2 is a young, Sun-like star in the constellation of Musca.[6] It is approximately 360 ly from Earth in the Scorpius-Centaurus Association. Its age is 14 million years.[7]
The star was believed to be orbited by the exoplanet YSES 2 b, a super-joviangas giant with 6.3+1.6 −0.9 times the mass of Jupiter that had an estimated separation of 114 AU.[8][5] It was discovered through direct imaging by Bohn et al. in 2021,[6] but in 2025 was determined to be a background star and not a planet.[9]
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^ abBohn, Alexander J.; Ginski, Christian; Kenworthy, Matthew A.; Mamajek, Eric E.; Pecaut, Mark J.; Mugrauer, Markus; Vogt, Nikolaus; Adam, Christian; Meshkat, Tiffany; Reggiani, Maddalena; Snik, Frans (2021-04-01). "Discovery of a directly imaged planet to the young solar analog YSES 2". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 648: A73. arXiv:2104.08285. Bibcode:2021A&A...648A..73B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140508. ISSN0004-6361.
