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PSR B1620-26 b

The planet is one of the oldest known extrasolar planets, believed to be about 12.7 billion years old

PSR B1620-26 b is an exoplanet located approximately 12,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. It bears the unofficial nicknames "Methuselah" and "the Genesis planet" (named after the Biblical character who, according to The Bible, lived to be the oldest person) due to its extreme age and a few popular sources refer to this object as "PSR B1620-26 c"

It is also the first planet found in a globular cluster.

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