> Given there was a gap of 6 years between the discovery of this mersenne prime and the previous It was the largest gap so far. Several primes were quite close

> Given there was a gap of 6 years between the discovery of this mersenne prime and the previous It was the largest gap so far. Several primes were quite close. The next one might be discovered much sooner. Previos two had a gap of a bit less than a year.