A brown dwarf orbits LHS 6343 A at a close distance, and periodically transits it.
[2] The system was in the field of view of the Kepler spacecraft,[2] and was monitored continuously for possible planets transiting the star, although the transits were found to be caused by LHS 6343 C.[2] LHS 6343 is a visual binary.
[6] The two stars have been individually resolved using adaptive optics, showing an angular separation of 0.55″,[2] corresponding to a distance of about 20 astronomical units (AU).
[8] In 2012, transit-timing variation was analyzed for any possible substellar companions that may be perturbing the brown dwarf from its normal orbit.
Such an object would be less massive than Jupiter and its orbital period would be 3.5 to 8 times larger than that of the brown dwarf.