Constellation Lyra | ||
WISEP J190648.47+401106.8 (shortened to W1906+40) is a L-dwarf star. In 2015 it was shown to have on its surface a storm the size of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The storm rotates around the star roughly every 9 hours and has lasted since at least 2013, when observations of the storm began.
The star is 53 light-years from Earth, has an intrinsic brightness of 0.0002 that of the sun, a radius of 0.9 Jupiters, and a surface temperature of 2,311 K. The star emits significant flares.
Distance 53.3 (+1.17, -1.11) light years.
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