You likely won’t see 2MASS J1119–1137 on the latest list of popular baby names.

But this baby, a young, bright object in space discovered by Western University astronomers, could be the first in a series of steps towards larger planet discoveries.

Western astronomers recently found the planet-like object, which resembles the planet Jupiter and isn’t tied to a sun-like star.

That’s a big deal.

The object was identified by a team of scientists from the university’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, and the Carnegie Institution for Science, who came up with the complicated name.

At merely 10 million years old, the university has described 2MASS J1119–1137 as being one of the youngest and brightest free-floating planet-like objects ever discovered.

A baby, really.

“We’re calling it rogue Jupiter,” said Kendra Kellogg, a Ph.D. graduate student at Western’s Physics and Astronomy department.

The object, which is four to six times the size of Jupiter’s mass, shares similar characteristics and elements as the big red planet, Kellogg added.

While this particular object does not orbit a star, it does provide insight into exoplanets - planets that orbit stars other than our sun - because it mimics a lot of the same attributes as Jupiter.

“The problem with studying planets that do orbit stars, is that the light from the host star is too bright,” said Kellogg, adding that the planets are less visible when blanketed by that light.

Scientists were able to spot 2MASS J1119–1137 because it does not orbit a star, said Kellogg.

“We want to be able to able to find more planets and exoplanets (similar to) Earth,” she said, adding that this discovery will help lead the path to more research.