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WD 0806-661 (L 97-3 GJ 3483) is a wide binary system of a white dwarf and a Y-type sub-brown dwarf (designated B) located in constellation Volans at 63 light-years from Earth. The companion was discovered in 2011. It is currently the planetary-mass object with the widest known separation from its host star and it has the widest angular separation as seen from Earth (more than 2 arcminutes).

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