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Brown Dwarf
Object Type: Brown Dwarf
Parent Star: epsilon Indi (K5 V)
Discovery Status: Imaged
Orbit of epsilon Indi Ba Current Planet
Habitability Zone Habitability Zone
Mass : 47 Jupiters
Mean Distance: 1459 AU
Observed Temperature: 1276 Kelvins
System Age: 1300 Myr
Temp from
Internal Heating :

1140.65 Kelvins 1
Mean Angular Star Size:
Gravitational Influence
(Hill Sphere):
392.19 AU / 58670910000 km
Max Stable Prograde Moon Orbit: 141.188 AU / 21121520000 km
Max Moon Mass: > 10 Earths
Tidally locked if older than: > 20 Gyr
Notes:
     1 from planet formation models of Burrows et al
Year Discovered: 2003
Discovered By: Optical and Infrared Imaging



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