Question

Will a record-setting brown dwarf be discovered by the end of 2017?

Resolved :No35%

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Total Forecasters87

Community Prediction35% (25% - 46%)

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Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

19.4

Community Peer Score

20.1

Authors:

moons R us

Opened:

Jun 23, 2016

Closes:

Jun 30, 2017

Resolves:

Jan 5, 2018

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Natural Sciences

2016-2017 Leaderboard

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