Image:Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B.jpg

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This brown dwarf (smaller object) orbits the star Gliese 229, which is located in the constellation Lepus about 19 light years from Earth. This brown dwarf, called Gliese 229B, is about 20 to 50 times the mass of Jupiter.

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