Luhman 16 (also designated WISE 1049−5319 or WISE J104915.57−531906.1) is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance...
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Luhman is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics from Pennsylvania State University who discovered both the third-closest stellar system, Luhman 16...
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are located in the Luhman 16 system, a binary of L- and T-type brown dwarfs about 6.5 light-years (2.0 parsecs) from the Sun. Luhman 16 is the third closest...
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system (including Proxima Centauri), Barnard's Star, and the brown dwarfs Luhman 16 (WISE 1049-5319) and WISE 0855−0714 known to be closer. Its proximity...
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800..134M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/134. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 555496. Luhman, K. L.; Patten, B. M.; Marengo, M.; Schuster, M. T.; Hora, J. L.; Ellis...
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Alpha Centauri system, Barnard's Star, Wolf 359, and the brown dwarfs Luhman 16 and WISE 0855−0714 are known to be closer. Because of its proximity it...
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Earth trojan asteroid, 2010 TK7. Also, the third-closest star system, Luhman 16. As of May 2018, WISE / NEOWISE had also discovered 290 near-Earth objects...
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to the Sun, the discovery of which was announced in April 2014 by Kevin Luhman using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). As of 2014[update]...
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List of nearest stars (redirect from List of star systems within 16–20 light-years)
A79.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Luhman, K. L. (2013). "Discovery of a Binary Brown Dwarf at 2 Parsecs from the...
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L-type Luhman 16 (6.5029±0.0011 ly) T-type brown dwarf B...
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