• Its colors are very red, so that we can measure reliable magnitudes only in R, i', z', but not B or V

   
              i'       =  24.38
              R  - i'  =   1.69 
              i' - z'  =   1.76 
      

• If we give more weight to the (i' - z') color, we might identify it as a late M dwarf -- perhaps an M9 dwarf with absolute magnitude M_i = 15.5. In that case, it would have to be at a distance 600 pc with tangential velocity v = 520 km/sec. Such a high velocity means this object would escape from the Milky Way.
• If we give weight to both colors and squint, we might identify it as an early L dwarf -- perhaps an L2 dwarf with absolute magnitude M_i = 17.0. In that case, it would have to be at a distance 300 pc with tangential velocity v = 260 km/sec. This relatively sedate speed is typical for halo objects.
• This motion happens to be consistent with an object orbiting the Sun in the prograde direction at a distance of about 37,000 AU ....

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