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Oph 162225-240515 often abbreviated Oph1622 is a pair of brown dwarfs that have been reported as orbiting each other. The bodies are located in the constellation Ophiuchus and are about 400 light years away. Mass estimates of the two objects are uncertain but they are probably each higher than the brown-dwarf/planet dividing line of 13 Jupiter masses. Oph1622B is located 1.94 arcseconds away from Oph1622A at a position angle of 182°.

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