Gliese 229

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title: Gliese 229
text: Gliese 229 is a binary system composed of a red dwarf and the second brown dwarf seen by astronomers, 18.8 light years away in the constellation Lepus. The primary component has 58% of the mass of the Sun, 69% of the Sun's radius, and a very low projected rotation velocity of 1 km/s at the stellar equator. The star is known to be a low activity flare star, which means it undergoes random increases in luminosity because of magnetic activity at the surface. The spectrum shows emission lines of cal
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description: Star in the constellation Lepus
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_229
date created: 2004-12-27T22:05:29Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T10:06:19Z
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