This unusual earthlike world is found at the upper end of Hawking's Gap. It is one of a very few known examples of earth-like worlds orbiting dim class-L dwarf stars. At a cool 1990 K and 20% of the mass of Sol, it puts out only 0.2% of the energy. As a result the earth like world orbits only 26 light-seconds away - 7.5 times closer than Mercury orbits Sol. It appears 16 times larger in the sky than Sol does from earth, like a great red eye.

At this distance the star has the same apparent magnitude of Sol, but most of the energy is in the near-infrared. Life here has adapted to the low-energy output, with long life cycles and rare reproduction. The planet orbits in a mere 9.7 days. Oddly the planet is not tidally locked to the star like all the other rocky bodies in the system; it also orbits opposite to the revolution of the rest of the system. Is this a wandering planet that from outside the system? How did life develop here? The universe continues to show us we have much to learn.