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Mass ratios of companions and hosts, i.e., moons around planets and planets around VLMSs. Host masses are shown along the abscissa, mass ratios on the ordinate. Solar system planets with moons are shown with different symbols toindicate the respective formation scenarios of their satellites (see legend above the panel). Three VLMSs with roughly Earth-mass planets (TRAPPIST-1, LHS 1140, Proxima Centauri) are plotted as examples of formation via accretion in the stellar regime. The solid black line expanding from Jupiter’s position signifies simulations of moon formation in the super-Jovian regime, with the gray shaded region referring to uncertainties in the parameterization of the accretion disk. Possible scenarios for the planetary, BD, and VLMS nature of Kepler-1625 b are indicated with blue open circles (see Table 1 for details). The plausible mass range for Kepler-1625 b is shown with a blue line in the lower right corner and is the same as shown in Fig. 1.

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