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Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.

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Gliese 229

Star in the constellation Lepus

Gliese 229 is a multiple system composed of a red dwarf and two brown dwarfs, located 18.8 light years away in the constellation Lepus. The primary component has 58% of the mass of the Sun, 55% of the Sun's radius, and a very low projected rotation velocity of 1 km/s at the…
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