The smaller object is the Gliese 229B brown dwarf orbiting the star Gliese 229, which is located in the constellation Lepus about 19 light years from Earth. Gliese 229B is about 20 to 50 times the mass of Jupiter.
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The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
==Description== A brown dwarf. ==Source== NASA. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/StarChild/questions/brown_dwarf.jpg ==License== {{PD-USGov-NASA}} Category:Astronomy
