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Luhman 16 A and Luhman 16 B are the closest brown dwarf stars to Earth, and the third-nearest star system to the Solar System. [e] SSSPM J0829-1309: 61,300 Red dwarf: An L2 dwarf that is fusing hydrogen. Similarly to 2MASS J0523-1403, SSSPM J0829-1309 is one of the least luminous and massive hydrogen-fusing stars, and is smaller than Jupiter ...
EBLM J0555-57 is a triple star system approximately 670 light-years from Earth. The system's discovery was released on July 12, 2017. EBLM J0555-57Ab, the smallest star in the system, orbits its primary star with a period of 7.8 days, and currently is the smallest known star with a mass sufficient to enable the fusion of hydrogen in its core.
OGLE-TR-122 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured. It was discovered when the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey observed the smaller star eclipsing the larger primary. The orbital period is approximately 7.3 days.
The size of the star was obtained using asteroseismology; [7] Kepler-37 is currently the smallest star to be studied using this process. [6] This allowed the size of Kepler-37b to be determined "with extreme accuracy". [6] To date, Kepler-37b is the smallest planet discovered around a main-sequence star [b] outside the Solar System. [4]
Barnard's Star is a small red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.At a distance of 5.96 light-years (1.83 pc) from Earth, it is the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and is the closest star in the northern celestial hemisphere. [15]
Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit.. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our ...
So far, 131 such objects have been found. Only 22 are bright enough to be visible without a telescope, for which the star's visible light needs to reach or exceed the dimmest brightness visible to the naked eye from Earth, 6.5 apparent magnitude. [1] The known 131 objects are bound in 94 stellar systems.
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