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Jupiter-mass binary object
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<p>Jupiter-mass Binary Objects or JuMBOs are pairs of interstellar <a href="/facts/Planetary-mass_object/rbPjE6Bx">planetary-mass objects</a>. They were discovered in the <a href="/facts/Orion_Nebula/6VWbcqzL">Orion Nebula</a> Cluster by the <a href="/facts/James_Webb_Space_Telescope/w4GAWnWX">James Webb Space Telescope</a>. Each component has a mass between 0.7 and 13 <a href="/facts/Jupiter_mass/EtLUmeEN">Jupiter masses</a> (MJ), placing them in the <a href="/facts/Planetary-mass_object/rbPjE6Bx">planetary-mass</a> regime. The binary pairs have separations ranging from 28 to 384 <a href="/facts/Astronomical_unit/gjsbu5xU">astronomical units</a>. </p>