Iota Horologii b (ι Hor b / ι Horologii b), often catalogued HR 810 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Horologium (the Pendulum Clock). Iota Horologii b has a minimum mass 1.94 times that of Jupiter, however preliminary astrometric measurements suggest that the object may be around 24 Jupiter masses and would therefore be a brown dwarf.
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