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WISE J0722-0540
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Star WISE J0722-0540

Brown dwarf WISE J0722-0540 is located 13 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class T9, that has 2 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
13 light years

WISE J0722-0540

Spectral class: T9

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 7h 22m 27s
Declination iconDeclination: -5° 40' 31.21'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 246
Distance iconSun distance: 13.258 ly | 4.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 1.7 % M Sun | 18 M Jupiter
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Size: 9.8 % R Sun | 1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 510 K | 0.09 T Sun
time iconAge: 2.5 billions years | 0.54 Sun

Photometry

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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about WISE J0722-0540
Nearby brown dwarf WISE J0722-0540 is is is much smaller than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 510 K (237 °C), which is about 9 % of Sun's temperature.
       WISE J0722-0540 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
WISEPA J072227.27−054029.9, UGPS 0722−05, UGPS J072227.51-054031.2
External sources
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Simbad database (UGPS J072227.51-054031.2)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
Class of stars Brown dwarf
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