2M 1237+6526

2M 1237+6526

T-type brown dwarf 2M 1237+6526 and hypothetical companion.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Draco
Right ascension 12h 37m 39.20s
Declination +65° 26′ 14.8″
Apparent magnitude (V) +16.05
Characteristics
Spectral type T6.5V
Astrometry
Distance45.6 ly
(14 pc)
Details
Mass0.035 M☉
Radius0.11 R☉
Luminosity6.25x10−6 L☉
Temperature850[1] K
Age≥2-10[1] billion years
Other designations
2MASS J12373919+6526148, 2MASSI J1237392+652615, 2MASSW J1237392+652615
Database references
SIMBADJ12373919+6526148 data

2MASS J12373919+6526148 (hereafter 2M 1237+6526) is a brown dwarf object with late spectral type T in the constellation of Draco, nearly 46 light years away from Sun. The substellar object could likely host a very low-mass companion (yet undetected but inferred), possibly in planetary regime.[2]

A planetary companion?

Burgasser et al. (2003)[2] have inferred the presence of a low-mass companion orbiting the brown dwarf 2M 1237+6526. Such object would yield a mass between 3 and 12 times that of Jupiter and take nearly 4.56 hours (0.19 days) to revolve around its dim primary. If confirmed it would be the shortest period exoplanet and orbiting the faintest object so far. Accounting very faint luminosity of the primary (6.25/1,000,000th of Sun's luminosity), the water zone is located within 0.0025 Astronomical Units, so putative planet could likely retain great amounts of water] and ammonia. Moreover, both the objects would appear the same size.

The 2M 1237+6526 planetary system[2]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b (unconfirmed) ≥3-12 MJ ≤0.003 ≥0.19 0? — —

References

  1. 1 2 Liebert & Burgasser (2007). "On the Nature of the Unique Hα-emitting T Dwarf 2MASS J12373919+6526148". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 655 (1): 522–527. arXiv:astro-ph/0609793. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..522L. doi:10.1086/509882.
  2. 1 2 3 Burgasser; et al. (2003). "Binarity in Brown Dwarfs: T Dwarf Binaries Discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope WPFC2". The Astrophysical Journal. 586 (1): 512–526. arXiv:astro-ph/0211470. Bibcode:2003ApJ...586..512B. doi:10.1086/346263.


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