Are There Any Even Perfect Numbers Between Two Primes?

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Determine all possible even perfect number(s) C such that each of C-1 and C+1 is a prime number.
 

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Is it even possible to find ALL of these such numbers when only 47 perfect numbers are known?

Anyway, I say 6. That is all :smile:
 

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