2M1207

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2M1207
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European Southern Observatory infrared image of 2M1207 (bluish) and companion planet 2M1207b (reddish), taken in 2004.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 12h 07m 33.47s [1]
Declination −39° 32′ 54.0″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)20.15 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M8p [1]
V−R color index +2.1 [2]
R−I color index +2.1 [2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −64.040±0.087 [3]   mas/yr
Dec.: −23.678±0.072 [3]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.4624 ± 0.1163 [3]   mas
Distance 211 ± 2  ly
(64.7 ± 0.5  pc)
Details
Mass ~0.025 [4]   M☉
Radius ~0.25 [5]   R☉
Luminosity ~0.002 [5]   L☉
Temperature 2550 ± 150 [5]   K
Age 5·106 to 10·106 [5]  years
Other designations
2MASSW J1207334−393254, 2MASS J12073346-3932539, TWA 27 [1]
Database references
SIMBAD data

2M1207, 2M1207A or 2MASSW J12073346–3932539 is a brown dwarf located in the constellation Centaurus; a companion object, 2M1207b, may be the first extrasolar planetary-mass companion to be directly imaged, and is the first discovered orbiting a brown dwarf. [5] [6]

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2M1207 was discovered during the course of the 2MASS infrared sky survey: hence the "2M" in its name, followed by its celestial coordinates. With a fairly early (for a brown dwarf) spectral type of M8, [1] it is very young, and probably a member of the TW Hydrae association. Its estimated mass is around 25 Jupiter masses. [4] The companion, 2M1207b, is estimated to have a mass of 3–10 Jupiter masses. [7] Still glowing red hot, it will shrink to a size slightly smaller than Jupiter as it cools over the next few billion years.

An initial photometric estimate for the distance to 2M1207 was 70 parsecs. [4] In December 2005, American astronomer Eric Mamajek  [ fr ] reported a more accurate distance (53 ± 6 parsecs) to 2M1207 using the moving cluster method. [8] The new distance gives a fainter luminosity for 2M1207. Recent trigonometric parallax results have confirmed this moving cluster distance, leading to a distance estimate of 53 ± 1 parsec or 172 ± 3 light years. [4]

Planetary system

Like classical T Tauri stars, many brown dwarfs are surrounded by disks of gas and dust which accrete onto the brown dwarf. [9] [10] 2M1207 was first suspected to have such a disk because of its broad Hα line. This was later confirmed by ultraviolet spectroscopy. [10] The existence of a dust disk has also been confirmed by infrared observations. [11] In general, accretion from disks is known to produce fast-moving jets, perpendicular to the disk, of ejected material. [12] This has also been observed for 2M1207; an April 2007 paper in the Astrophysical Journal reports that this brown dwarf is spouting jets of material from its poles. [13] The jets, which extend around 109 kilometers into space, were discovered using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory. Material in the jets streams into space at a few kilometers per second. [14]

The 2M1207 system
Companion Mass Observed separation
(AU)
b 3–10 [7] MJ 40.6 ± 1.3 [15]

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References

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  6. ↑ Chauvin, G.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Dumas, C.; Zuckerman, B.; Mouillet, D.; Song, I.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Lowrance, P. (2004). "A Giant Planet Candidate near a Young Brown Dwarf". Astron. Astrophys. 425 (2): L29–L32. arXiv: astro-ph/0409323 . Bibcode:2004A&A...425L..29C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200400056. S2CID   15948759.
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  9. ↑ More Sun-like stars may have planetary systems than currently thought Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine , library, Origins program, NASA. Accessed on line June 16, 2008.
  10. 1 2 First Ultraviolet Spectrum of a Brown Dwarf: Evidence for H2 Fluorescence and Accretion, John E. Gizis, Harry L. Shipman, and James A. Harvin, Astrophysical Journal630, #1 (September 2005), pp. L89–L91. Bibcode : 2005ApJ...630L..89G doi : 10.1086/462414.
  11. ↑ Spitzer Observations of Two TW Hydrae Association Brown Dwarfs, Basmah Riaz, John E. Gizis, and Abraham Hmiel, Astrophysical Journal639, #2 (March 2006), pp. L79–L82. Bibcode : 2006ApJ...639L..79R doi : 10.1086/502647.
  12. ↑ Accretion-ejection models of astrophysical jets, R. E. Pudritz, in Accretion Disks, Jets and High-energy Phenomena in Astrophysics, Vassily Beskin, Gilles Henri, Francois Menard, Guy Pelletier, and Jean Dalibard, eds., NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, session LXXVIII, EDP Sciences/Springer, 2003. ISBN   3-540-20171-8.
  13. ↑ Whelan; Ray, T. P.; Randich, S.; Bacciotti, F.; Jayawardhana, R.; Testi, L.; Natta, A.; Mohanty, S.; et al. (April 10, 2007). "Discovery of a Bipolar Outflow from 2MASSW J1207334-393254, a 24 MJup Brown Dwarf". The Astrophysical Journal. 659 (1): L45–L48. arXiv: astro-ph/0703112 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...659L..45W. doi:10.1086/516734. S2CID   14575014.
  14. ↑ Small Stars Create Big Fuss, Ker Than, May 28, 2007, space.com. Accessed on line June 15, 2008.
  15. ↑ From estimated distance of 52.75 ± 1.0 parsec and observed angular separation of 769 ± 10 milliarseconds (angular separation from Mohanty 2007, above.)

Coordinates: Jupiter and moon.png 12h 07m 33.47s, −39° 32′ 54.0″

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