2MASS J07400966 + 3212032

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J07400966 + 3212032
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Twins
Right ascension 07 h 40 m 9.66 s
declination + 32 ° 12 ′ 3.2 ″
distance 80  ly
(20  pc )
Typing
Spectral class L4.5
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations:

2MASSW J0740096 + 321203; 2MASSI J0740096 + 321203

2MASS J07400966 + 3212032 is a brown dwarf in the constellation Gemini, about 80 light years from Earth . It was published in 2000 by J. Davy Kirkpatrick et al. discovered. It belongs to the spectral class L4.5.

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