A fifth companion in the HR 8799 system revealed by Gaia

arXiv:2609.20996 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-17 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-17

Comments: 38 pages, original manuscript submitted to Nature Astronomy

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