2MASS J09440279 + 3131328

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Brown dwarf
2MASS J09440279 + 3131328
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation lion
Right ascension 09 h 44 m 2.79 s
declination + 31 ° 31 ′ 32.8 ″
distance ~ 82  ly
(~ 25  pc )
Typing
Spectral class L2
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
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2MASSW J0944027 + 313132

2MASS J09440279 + 3131328 is a brown dwarf located about 80 light years from Earth in the constellation Leo . It was published in 2000 by J. Davy Kirkpatrick et al. discovered. It belongs to the spectral class L2. Its position shifts by 0.054 arc seconds annually due to its own motion .

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