WISEP_J190648.47+401106.8

WISEP J190648.47+401106.8

WISEP J190648.47+401106.8

Brown dwarf star

WISEP J190648.47+401106.8 (shortened to W1906+40) is an L-dwarf star. In 2015 it was shown to have on its surface a storm the size of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The storm rotates around the star roughly every 9 hours and has lasted since at least 2013, when observations of the storm began.[2]

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W1906+40 is 53.3 (with an uncertainty of +1.17, -1.11) light-years from Earth, has an intrinsic brightness of 0.0002 that of the sun, a radius of 0.9 Jupiters, and a surface temperature of 2,311 K. The star emits significant flares.[1][3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "WISEP J190648.47+401106.8". SIMBAD. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    "NASA Telescopes Detect Jupiter-Like Storm on Small Star". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Wall, Mike (3 June 2013). "Dwarf Star Blasts out Stunningly Powerful Flares". Space.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. [4]
    Gizis, John E.; et al. (24 September 2015). "Kepler Monitoring of an L Dwarf II. Clouds with Multiyear Lifetimes". The Astrophysical Journal. 813 (2): 104. arXiv:1509.07186. Bibcode:2015ApJ...813..104G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/813/2/104. S2CID 17035824.


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