2MASS J0441+2301

Young star system in the constellation Taurus
2MASS J0441+2301

2MASS J04414489+2301513 is a brown dwarf with a companion about 5–10 times the mass of Jupiter.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Taurus
2MASS J04414489+2301513
Right ascension 04h 41m 44.898s[1]
Declination +23° 01′ 51.39″[1]
2MASS J04414565+2301580
Right ascension 04h 41m 45.652s[1]
Declination +23° 01′ 58.07″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15.20[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4.5[3]/M8.5[4]
Variable type T Tau[5]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 7.918[6] mas/yr
Dec.: -20.152[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.1822 ± 0.3044 mas[6]
Distance400 ± 10 ly
(122 ± 5 pc)
2MASS J04414565+2301580
Proper motion (μ) RA: 7.914[7] mas/yr
Dec.: -22.086[7] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.0887 ± 0.0713 mas[7]
Distance403 ± 4 ly
(124 ± 1 pc)
Details
2MASS J04414489+2301513
Mass19 ± 3 / 9.8 ± 1.8[3] MJup
Luminosity0.00347 / 0.00093[3] L☉
Temperature2100 / 1800[3] K
Age1[4] Myr
2MASS J04414565+2301580
Mass0.20+1.0
−0.05 M☉ / 35 ± 5[3] MJup
Luminosity0.14 / 0.00741[3] L☉
Temperature3400 / 2800[3] K
Age1[4] Myr
Other designations
WDS J04417+2302AB
2MASS J04414565+2301580: ATO J070.4402+23.0326, TIC 118893901, UCAC2 39972132, UCAC4 566-011236, UGCS J044145.65+230158.0, WISE J044145.65+230157.8, WISEA J044145.65+230157.7, Gaia DR3 146487560507840768, Gaia DR2 146487560507840768
2MASS J04414489+2301513: Gaia DR3 146487556211644544, Gaia DR2 146487556211644544, UGCS J044144.89+230151.3, USNO-B1.0 1130-00071517, TIC 118893899
Database references
SIMBAD2M J044144
2M J044145

2MASS J0441+2301 is a young quadruple system hosting a planetary-mass object, a red dwarf star and two brown dwarfs, approximately 470 light years (145 parsecs) away.

The 2MASS J04414489+2301513 Bab primary (a brown dwarf) has a large separation (12.4 arcseconds) companion, 2MASS J04414565+2301580 Aa (abbreviated as 2M J044145), which in turn has a nearby small separation substellar companion (separation of 0.23 arcseconds to the northeast). 2M J044145 has similar proper motion to 2M J044144 and is likely physically associated with the system.[8] The entire system of 4 objects is then a hierarchical quadruple of two binary objects orbiting each other.[8] The primary component Aa has a spectral type of M4.5 and a red apparent magnitude of 14.2.[3] Both components seem to be accreting mass from their stellar disks, as shown by their emission lines.[3] The four objects have a total mass of only 26% of the Sun, making it the quadruple star system with the lowest mass known.[3]

Planetary system

The primary is orbited by a companion about 5–10 times the mass of Jupiter.[9] The mass of the primary brown dwarf is roughly 20 times the mass of Jupiter and its age is roughly one million years.[4] It is not clear whether this companion object is a sub-brown dwarf or a planet. The companion is very large with respect to its parent and must have formed within 1 million years or so. This seems to be too big and too fast to form like a regular planet from a disk around the central object.[4] This companion also fails the mass ratio criterion of the IAU definition of an exoplanet; the mass ratio with the primary is closer than 1/25.[10]

The 2MASS J04414489+2301513 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(years) 		Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 7.5±2.5 MJ 15±0.6 411 — — 1.13 RJ

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cutri, Roc M.; Skrutskie, Michael F.; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Beichman, Charles A.; Carpenter, John M.; Chester, Thomas; Cambresy, Laurent; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Huchra, John P.; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Light, Robert M.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Stiening, Rae; Sykes, Matthew J.; Weinberg, Martin D.; Wheaton, William A.; Wheelock, Sherry L.; Zacarias, N. (2003). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2246: II/246. Bibcode:2003yCat.2246....0C.
  2. ^ Zacharias, N. (2012). "The fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. 1322. Bibcode:2012yCat.1322....0Z.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bowler, Brendan P.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 2M0441+2301 AabBab: A Quadruple System Spanning the Stellar to Planetary Mass Regimes". The Astrophysical Journal. 811 (2): L30. arXiv:1509.01658. Bibcode:2015ApJ...811L..30B. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/811/2/L30. S2CID 22608263.
  4. ^ a b c d e Todorov, K.; Luhman, K. L.; McLeod, K. K. (2010). "Discovery of a Planetary-Mass Companion to a Brown Dwarf in Taurus". The Astrophysical Journal. 714 (1): L84–L88. arXiv:1004.0539. Bibcode:2010ApJ...714L..84T. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/714/1/L84. S2CID 119242529.
  5. ^ Furlan, E.; Luhman, K. L.; Espaillat, C.; D'Alessio, P.; Adame, L.; Manoj, P.; Kim, K. H.; Watson, Dan M.; Forrest, W. J.; McClure, M. K.; Calvet, N.; Sargent, B. A.; Green, J. D.; Fischer, W. J. (2011-07-01). "THE SPITZER INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH SURVEY OF T TAURI STARS IN TAURUS". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 195 (1): 3. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/195/1/3. ISSN 0067-0049.
  6. ^ a b c Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  7. ^ a b c Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  8. ^ a b Todorov, K. O.; Luhman, K. L.; Konopacky, Q. M.; McLeod, K. K.; Apai, D.; Ghez, A. M.; Pascucci, I.; Robberto, M. (2014). "A Search for Companions to Brown Dwarfs in the Taurus and Chamaeleon Star-Forming Regions". The Astrophysical Journal. 788 (1): 40. arXiv:1404.0213. Bibcode:2014ApJ...788...40T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/40. S2CID 16636388.
  9. ^ "Hubble spots giant planet orbiting tiny star". USA Today. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  10. ^ Lecavelier des Etangs, A.; Lissauer, Jack J. (June 2022). "The IAU working definition of an exoplanet". New Astronomy Reviews. 94: 101641. arXiv:2203.09520. Bibcode:2022NewAR..9401641L. doi:10.1016/j.newar.2022.101641. IAU website link
  • Jean Schneider (2011). "Notes for star 2M J044144". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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