2MASS J21392676+0220226
2MASS J21392676+0220226 is a brown dwarf 32 light years from earth.[1] Its surface is thought to be host to a massive storm.[2] It was discovered in the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS).
External links
- Burgasser, Adam J.; Cruz, Kelle L.; Cushing, Michael; Gelino, Christopher R.; Looper, Dagny L.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Reid, I. Neill (2009). "SpeX Spectroscopy of Unresolved Very Low-Mass Binaries. I. Identification of Seventeen Candidate Binaries Straddling the L Dwarf/T Dwarf Transition". The Astrophysical Journal 710 (2): 1142. arXiv:0912.3808. Bibcode:2010ApJ...710.1142B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1142.
References
- ↑ Andrew Fazekas. "Colossal Storm May Rage on Jupiter-like 'Failed Star'".
- ↑ Dean Praetorius. "Brown Dwarf May Be Host To Massive, Violent Mega Storm". The Huffington Post, 9/13/2011.
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- LHS 194 (31.0±0.8 ly)
- LHS 145 (31.7±0.3 ly)
- LB 3303 (33.4±0.6 ly)
- red dwarf B
- G 174-14 (33.6±1.3 ly)
- G 195-19 (33.7±0.6 ly)
- WD 0821-669 (34.7±0.4 ly)
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- 2MASS J11592743-5247188 (30.90±0.04 ly)
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- 2MASS 1750-00 (30.1±0.7 ly)
- 2MASS J11553952-3727350 (31.2±1.5 ly)
- WISE J140533.32+835030.5 (31.6±5.5 ly)
- 2MASS J08251968+2115521 (34.8±0.4 ly)
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- WISE 0734-7157 (~34.9 ly)
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| | Italic are systems without known trigonometric parallax. |
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