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WISE 0855-0714

(W0855, WISE J085510.83-071442.5)
(nearby brown dwarf)

WISE 0855-0714 is a nearby brown dwarf (or sub-brown dwarf) discovered in 2013 within data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Characteristics:

Given this determined temperature (lower than Earth's) and mass (below the range of brown dwarf), it is determined to be a planet-like object rather than a star, for which a number of terms are used (see free-floating planet).


(star,nearby star,brown dwarf)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_0855-0714
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WISEA+J085510.74-071442.5
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...786L..18L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014A%26A...570L...8B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...592A..80Z/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...823L..35S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AJ....167....5L/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~02.28pc7.43lyWISE 0855-0714
Coordinates:W0855
J085510.83168-071442.5256

Referenced by pages:
free-floating planet (FFP)
stellar designation
Wolf 359

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