The object, COROT-exo-3b, fits into the category of a failed star known as a brown dwarf, but the team that made the disc overy has not ruled out the possibility that it is a planet.

• 该天体叫做COROT-exo-3b，属于一类被称为褐矮星的失败恒星，但是发现该天体的研究小组没有排除它就是一颗行星的可能性。