Brown Dwarf Gliese 299B

Depicts: Gliese 229B
Copyright: S. Kulkarni (Caltech), D.Golimowski (JHU) and NASA
The Hubble observations will be used to accurately measure the brown dwarf's distance from Earth, and yield preliminary data on its orbital period, which may eventually offer clues to the dwarf's origin.
Last Update: 1 September 2019