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This is a list of notable brown dwarfs. These are objects that have masses between heavy gas giants and low-mass stars. [1] The first isolated brown dwarf discovered was Teide 1 in 1995. [2] The first brown dwarf discovered orbiting a star was Gliese 229 B, also discovered in 1995. [3] The first brown dwarf found to have a planet was 2M1207, discovered in 2004. [4] As of 2015 [update] , more than 2,800 brown dwarfs have been identified. [5] An isolated object with less than about 13 Jupiter masses is technically a sub-brown dwarf or rogue planet.
Because the mass of a brown dwarf is between that of a planet and that of a star, they have also been called planetars or hyperjovians. Various catalog designations have been used to name brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs with names ending in a letter such as B, C, or D are in orbit around a primary star; those with names ending in a lower-case letter such as b, c, or d, may be exoplanets (see Exoplanet naming convention).
Some exoplanets, especially those detected by radial velocity, can turn out to be brown dwarfs if their mass is higher than originally thought: most have only known minimum masses because the inclination of their orbit is not known. Examples include HD 114762 b (>11.68 MJ), Pi Mensae b (>10.312 MJ), and NGC 2423-3 b (>10.6 MJ).
A complete list of more than 3000 ultracool dwarfs, which includes brown dwarfs and low-mass stars, is being maintained by astronomers. It is called the UltracoolSheet. [6] The same team also produced a list of 1000 ultracool dwarfs with their mass being determined. [7]
Sorted by increasing right ascension of the parent star. Brown dwarfs within a system sorted by increasing orbital period.
Some brown dwarfs listed could still be massive planets.
Star | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | App. mag. | Distance (ly) | Spectral type | Brown dwarf | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Orbital period (d) | Semimajor axis (AU) | Ecc. | Discovery year |
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54 Piscium | Pisces | 00h 39m 22s | +21° 15′ 02″ | 5.88 | 36.1 | K0V+T7.5 | B | 45.96 ±4.05 [7] | 0.85 [7] | 476 | 2006 | ||
81 Cancri | Cancer | 09h 12m 14.69s | 14° 59 ′ 39.6″ | 6.77 | 66 | G9V+L8 | CD | 880 | 2001 | ||||
AB Pictoris | Pictor | 06h 19s | −58° 03′ 15″ | 9.16 | 66.6 | K2V+L1 | b | 13.5 | 275 | 2005 | |||
HD 63754 | Puppis | 07h 49m 45s | 20° 12′ 27″ | 6.55 | 163.6 | G0V + L/T | b | 81.9 | 0.86 | 26,791 | 16.9 | 0.26 | 2024 |
CT Chamaeleontis | Chamaeleon | 11h 04m 09s | –76° 27′ 19″ | 12.36 | 538 | K7+M8 | b | 17 | 2.2 | 440 | 2008 | ||
HD 984 | Cetus | 00h 14m 10.25s | −07° 11′ 56.82″ | 7 .32 | 149.1 | F7V | b | 61 | 1.576 | 51,100 | 28 | 0.76 | 2015 |
Eta Coronae Borealis | Corona Borealis | 15h 23m 22.6s | 30° 14′ 56″ | 5.02 | 58.3 | G2+G2+L8 | C | 44.00 ±6.46 [7] | 0.95 [7] | 3600 | 2010 | ||
G 196-3 | Ursa Major | 10h 04m 22s | +50° 23′ 23″ | 11.77 | 50.2 | M2.5+L3β | b | 31.66 ±7.19 [7] | 1.18 [7] | 300 | 1998 | ||
Gliese 570 | Libra | 14h 57m 28s | −21° 24′ 56″ | 5.64 | 19.0 | K4V+ M1V+M3V | D | 32.54 ±6.01 [7] | 0.93 [7] | 1500 | 2000 | ||
GU Piscium | Pisces | 01h 12m 35.04s | +17° 03′ 55.7″ | 13.1 | 155.3 | M3V+T3.5 | b | 11 | 2000 | 2006 | |||
HD 89744 | Ursa Major | 10h 22m 10.56s | +41° 13′ 46.31″ | 5.74 | 126.2 | F7IV | B | 2000 | |||||
HD 100546 | Musca | 11h 33m 25s | –70° 11′ 41″ | 6.70 | 337.25 | B9Vne | b | 20 | 6.5? | 2005 | |||
HN Pegasi | Pegasus | 21h 44m 28.46s | +14° 46′ 7.8″ | 58.3 | G0V+T2.5 | B | 17.06 ±6.9 [7] | 1.14 [7] | 795 | 2006 | |||
UScoCTIO 108 | Scorpius | 16h 05m 54s | –18° 18′ 43″ | 473 | M7 | b | 14 | 670 | 2007 | ||||
HD 41004 B | Pictor | 05h 59m 50s | –48° 14′ 23″ | 12.33 | 139 | K1IV+M2 | b | 18.4 | 1.3283 | 0.0177 | 0.081 | 2004 | |
CoRoT-15 | Monoceros | 06h 28m 27.81s | +6° 11′ 10.5″ | 22 | F7V | b | 63.4 | 1.12 | 3.06036 | 0.045 | 0 | 2010 | |
Xi Ursae Majoris B | Ursa Major | 11h 18m 12s | +31° 32′ 15″ | 4.73 | 25.11 | F8.5V | b | 37 | 3.98 | 0.06 | 0 | 1931 | |
Upsilon Andromedae | Andromeda | 01h 36m 48s | +41° 24′ 20″ | 4.63 | 43.9 | F8V | Samh | 13.98 | 237.7 | 0.822 | 0.224 | 1999 | |
Gliese 758 | Lyra | 19h 23m 34s | +33° 13′ 19″ | 6.36 | 51.9 | G8V+T9 | B | 23 | 96 | 21 | 2009 | ||
Tau Geminorum | Gemini | 07h 11m 08s | +30° 14′ 43″ | 4.40 | 302 | K2III | b | 18.1 | 305 | 2004 | |||
HAT-P-13 | Ursa Major | 08h 39m 32s | +47° 21′ 07″ | 10.62 | 698 | G4 | c | 15.2 | 428.5 | 1.186 | 0.691 | 2009 | |
HD 16760 | Perseus | 02h 42m 21s | +38° 37′ 07″ | 8.74 | 163 | G5V | b | 14.3 | 465.1 | 1.13 | 0.067 | 2009 | |
HD 13189 | Triangulum | 02h 09m 40s | +32° 18′ 59″ | 7.57 | 603.4 | K2II | b | 14 | 471.6 | 1.85 | 0.28 | 2005 | |
HD 8673 | Andromeda | 01h 26m 09s | +34° 34′ 47″ | 6.31 | 124.75 | F7V | b | 14 | 639 | 1.58 | 2005 | ||
Gliese 569 | Boötes | 14h 54m 29s | +16° 06′ 04″ | 10.2 | 31.5 | M3V+M8.5 | Ba + Bb | 116 [8] | 870 [8] | 0.87 [8] | 0.317 [8] | 1988 [9] | |
HD 29587 | Perseus | 04h 41m 34s | +42° 07′ 25″ | 7.29 | 146.77 | G2V | b | 40 | 1471.7 | 2.5 | 0.37 | 1996 | |
ChaHα8 | Chamaeleon | 11h 07m 48s | −77° 40′ 08″ | 20.1 | 522 | M6.5 | b | 18 | 1590.9 | 1 | 0.49 | 2007 | |
CoRoT-20 | Monoceros | 06h 30m 55.3s | +0° 13′ 37″ | 14.66 | 4000 | G2V | c | 17 | 1675 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2010 | |
HD 168443 | Serpens | 18h 20m 04s | –09° 35′ 34″ | 6.92 | 123.5 | G5 | c | 34 | 1739.5 | 2.87 | 0.228 | 2001 | |
HD 38529 A | Orion | 05h 46m 34s | +01° 10′ 05″ | 5.94 | 138 | G4IV | c | 37 | 2174.3 | 3.68 | 0.36 | 2002 | |
Epsilon Indi | Indus | 22h 03m 22s | –56° 47′ 09″ | 4.69 | 11.8 | K5V+T1V+T6V | Bb | 28 | 5478.75 | 2.65 | 2003 | ||
HW Virginis | Virgo | 12h 44m 20s | −08° 40′ 17″ | 10.9 | 590 | sdB+M | b | 19.23 | 5786 | 5.30 | 0.46 | 2008 | |
DT Virginis | Virgo | 13h 0m 41.74s | 12° 21 ′ 14.7″ | 9.72 | 37.55 | M0V+T8.5p | c | 10.29 ±2.46 [7] | 1.15 [7] | 33081 | 1100 | 2010 | |
HD 4113 | Sculptor | 00h 43m 12.60s | −37° 58′ 57.48″ | 7.88 | 136 | G5V+T9 | C | 60 | 73000 | 20 | 2006 | ||
Gliese 229 | Lepus | 06h 10m 35s | –21° 51′ 42″ | 8.14 | 19 | M1V+T6.5 | B | 40 | 73050 | 40 | 1995 | ||
TYC 9486-927-1 | Octans | 21h 26m 50.4s | -81° 40′ 29.3″ | 11.82 | 111 | M1V+L3γ | 2MASS J2126-8140 | 13.3 ± 1.7 | 328725000 | 6900 | 2009 | ||
Epsilon Indi | Indus | 22h 03m 22s | –56° 47′ 09″ | 4.69 | 11.8 | K5V+T1V+T6V | Ba | 47 | 1532899.8 | 2003 | |||
HD 131664 | Apus | 15h 00m 06s | −73° 32′ 07″ | 8.13 | 180.8 | G3V | b | 18.15 | 1951 | 3.17 | 0.638 | 2008 | |
HD 136118 | Serpens | 15h 18m 55s | −01° 35′ 32″ | 6.94 | 171 | F9V | b | 42 | 1209 | 1.45 | 0.352 | 2002 | |
HD 140913 | Corona Borealis | 15h 45m 07s | +28° 28′ 12″ | 8.07 | 156.42 | G0V | b | 46 | 147.94 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 1996 | |
GQ Lupi b | Lupus | 15h 49m 12s | –35° 39′ 03″ | 11.4 | 400 | K7eV+M9e | b | 1–42 | 1.8 | 103 | 2005 | ||
HD 162020 | Scorpius | 17h 50m 38s | –40° 19′ 06″ | 9.18 | 101.95 | K2V | b | 15.0 | 8.428198 | 0.0751 | 0.277 | 2000 | |
Nu Ophiuchi | Ophiuchus | 17h 59m 01s | −09° 46′ 25″ | 3.33 | 152.8 | K0III | b | 21.9 | 536 | 0.13 | 2004 | ||
HD 164427 | Telescopium | 18h 04m 43s | −59° 12′ 35″ | 6.89 | 127.52 | G4IV | b | 46 | 108.55 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 2000 | |
SCR 1845-6357 | Pavo | 18h 45m 07s | −63° 57′ 43″ | 17.4 | 12.57 | M8.5V | B | 40-50 | 4.1 | 2006 | |||
COROT-3 | Aquila | 19h 28m 13s | +00° 07′ 19″ | 13.3 | 2220 | G0V | b | 21.66 | 1.01 | 4.2568 | 0.057 | 0 | 2008 |
V921 Scorpii [10] | Scorpius | 16h 59m 07.0s | −42° 42′ 09.0″ | 11.0 | 4833 | B0IVe | b | 60 | 835 | 2019 | |||
15 Sagittae | Sagitta | 20h 04m 06s | +17° 04′ 13″ | 5.80 | 57.7 | G1V+L4-5 | B | 65 | 14 | 2002 | |||
Zeta Delphini | Delphinus | 20h 35m 19s | +14° 40′ 27″ | 4.65 | 220 | A3V+L5 | B | 55 | 910 | 2014 | |||
HD 202206 | Capricornus | 21h 14m 58s | –20° 47′ 20″ | 8.08 | 151.14 | G6V | b | 17.4 | 255.87 | 0.83 | 0.435 | 2000 | |
Koenigstuhl1 [7] [11] | Phoenix | 00h 21m 10.74s | –42° 45′ 40.2″ | 15.3 | 87.4 | M5.5V+L0.6V | B | 51.88 ±3.6 | 1.18 | 2083.4 | 1998 | ||
HD 126053 [7] [12] | Virgo | 14h 23m 15.28s | +01° 14′ 29.6″ | 6.3 | 56.9 | G1+T8p | B | 34.29 ±18.38 | 0.91 | 2630 | 2012 | ||
47 Ophiuchi [7] [13] | Ophiuchus | 17h 26m 37.88s | −05° 05′ 11.8″ | 4.5 | 105.3 | F3+L5.5 | B | 69.66 ±0.88 | 0.93 | 8850 | 2014 | ||
Wolf 1130 | Cygnus | 20h 05m 02.20s | +54° 26′ 03.2″ | 13.9 | 54.1 | sdM3+ONe+sdT8 | C | 44.9 | 0.82 | 3150 | 2013 |
A stellar remnant can be for example a white dwarf, a pulsar or a black hole. Objects with a mass of a brown dwarf, but with a history of mass-transfer might not be brown dwarfs. If they exist as a period bouncer around a white dwarf they are thought to once have been stars and are today "brown dwarf-like objects". [14] Objects around black widow pulsars on the other hand are thought to be white dwarfs that lost mass to the pulsar and therefore will differ in composition and density compared to brown dwarfs. [15] This list is sorted after the discovery year.
Star | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | App. mag. | Distance (ly) | Spectral type | Brown dwarf | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Orbital period (d) | Semimajor axis (AU) | Ecc. | Discovery year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GD 165 | Boötes | 14h 24m 39.144s | 9° 17′ 13.98″ | 14.6 | 103 | D4A+L4 | B | 76.12 ±1.04 [7] | 0.91 [7] | 123 | 1988 | ||
WD 0137-349 | Sculptor | 01h 39m 43s | −34° 42′ 39″ | 15.33 | 330 | DA+L8 | B | 53 | 0.0803 | 0.0030 | 0 | 2006 | |
PHL 5038 | Aquarius | 22h 20m 30.70s | −00° 41′ 07.5″ | 17.3 | 240 | DAZ+L8-9 | B | 73 | 66 | 2006 | |||
SDSS J1433 (mass transfer) [16] [17] | Boötes | 14h 33m 17.79s | +10° 11′ 23.49″ | 18.9 | 760 | WD+L1 | B | 58 ±8 | 0.054 | 2008/2016 | |||
SDSS 1557 | Serpens | 15h 57m 20.77s | +09° 16′ 24.6″ | 18.6 | 500 | DAZ+L4 | B | 66+5 −7 | 0.095 | 0.003 | 2011/2017 | ||
QZ Librae (mass transfer) [18] | Libra | 15h 36m 15.98s | −08° 39′ 07.52″ | 18.8 | 649 | WD+T? | B | 25-61 | 0.064 | 2018 | |||
BW Sculptoris (mass transfer) [14] | Sculptor | 23h 53m 00.87s | −38° 51′ 46.66″ | 16.5 | 305 | D+T | B | 53.4 ±6.3 | 0.054 | 0.0027 | 1997/2023 |
Sorted by increasing right ascension of the parent star. Brown dwarfs within a system sorted by increasing orbital period.
Some brown dwarfs listed could still be massive planets.
Star | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | App. mag. | Distance (ly) | Spectral type | Brown dwarf | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Orbital period (d) | Semimajor axis (AU) | Ecc. | Discovery year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CM Draconis | Draco | 16h 34m 27s | +57° 09′ 00″ | 12.90 | 48 | M4 | b | 64 | 73 | 0.27 | 1998 | ||
BD+20°2457 | Leo | 10h 16m 45s | +19° 53′ 29″ | 9.75 | 652 | K2II | b | 21.42 | 379.63 | 1.45 | 0.15 | 2009 | |
HD 3346 | Andromeda | 00h 36m 46s | +44° 29′ 19″ | 5.16 | 655.58 | K5III | c | 60 | 650 | 2.5 | 1996 | ||
HD 104304 | Virgo | 12h 00m 44s | −10° 26′ 46″ | 5.54 | 42.1 | G9 | b | 17.2 | 2752 | 0.38 | 2007 | ||
HD 154857 | Ara | 17h 11m 16s | −56° 40′ 51″ | 7.25 | 220 | G5V | c | 18.4 | 2900 | >0.25 | 2007 | ||
Gliese 22 B | Cassiopeia | 00h 32m 27s | +67° 14′ 09″ | 10.38 | 326 | M2.5V | b | 16 | ~5500 | 0 | 2008 |
Data updated from [19] [20] [21] and merged from previous tables
Brown dwarf | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | App. mag. | Distance (ly) | Spectral type | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Discovery year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2MASS 0036+1821 | Pisces | 0h 36m 16.17s | 18° 21′ 10.4″ | 12.47 | 28.6 | L3.5 | 42 | 0.94 | 2000 |
CFBDS J005910.90–011401.3 | Cetus | 0h 59m 10.83s | −1° 14′ 1.3″ | 18.08 | 30 | T8.5 | 23 | 2013 | |
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925A | Cetus | 2h 5m 29.401s | −11° 59′ 29.67″ | 65 | L5.5 | 1997 | |||
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925B | Cetus | 2h 5m 29.401s | −11° 59′ 29.67″ | 65 | L8 | 1997 | |||
DENIS-P J020529.0−115925C | Cetus | 2h 5m 29.401s | −11° 59′ 29.67″ | 65 | T0 | 1997 | |||
2MASS J02431371−2453298 | Fornax | 2h 43m 13.71s | −24° 53′ 29.8″ | 35 | T6 | 33 | 0.99 | 2002 | |
WISE J0254+0223 | Cetus | 2h 54m 9.45s | 2° 23′ 59.1″ | 16.01 | 24 | T8 | 65 | 1.9 | n/a |
DEN 0255-4700 | Eridanus | 2h 55m 3.57s | −47° 0′ 50.9″ | 22.92 | 16.2 | L8 | 80 | 0.97 | 2006 |
LP 944-20 | Fornax | 3h 39m 35.22s | −35° 25′ 44″ | 10.725 | 20.9 | M9β | 73 | 1.43 | n/a |
2MASP J0345432+254023 | 3h 45m 43.16s | 25° 40′ 23.3″ | 88 | L0 | 74 | 1.05 | 1997 | ||
Teide 1 | Taurus | 3h 47m 18s | +24° 22′ 31″ | 380 | M8 | 55 | 3.78 | 1995 | |
2MASS J03552337+1133437 | Taurus | 3h 55m 23.37s | 11° 33′ 43.7″ | 14.05 | 29.8 | L5γ | 20 | 1.32 | 2006 |
2MASS J04151954−0935066 | Eridanus | 4h 15m 19.54s | −9° 35′ 6.6″ | 15.7 | 18.6 | T8 | 30 | 0.95 | 2002 |
2MASS J04390101-2353083 | Eridanus | 4h 39m 1.01s | −23° 53′ 8.3″ | 29.5 | L6.5 | 48 | 0.97 | 2003 | |
2MASS J04414489+2301513 | 4h 41m 44.9s | 23° 1′ 58.07″ | 470 | M8.5 | 19 | 2010 | |||
2MASS J0523−1403 | Lepus | 5h 23m 38.22s | −14° 3′ 2.2″ | 40 | L2.5 | 68 | 1.01 | n/a | |
2MASS 0532+8246 | Camelopardalis | 5h 32m 53.46s | 82° 46′ 46.5″ | 81 | L7 | 83 | 2018 | ||
UGPS J072227.51-054031.2 | Monoceros | 7h 22m 27.6s | −05° 40′ 38.4″ | 13.4 | T9 | 26 | 0.98 | 2010 | |
DENIS J081730.0-615520 | Carina | 8h 17m 30.01s | −61° 55′ 15.8″ | 13.6 | 16.1 | T6 | 44 | 0.94 | 2010 |
DENIS J082303.1−491201A | Vela | 8h 23m 3.13s | −49° 12′ 1.3″ | 67 | L1.5 | 44 | 2006 | ||
DENIS J082303.1−491201B | Vela | 8h 23m 3.13s | −49° 12′ 1.3″ | 67 | L5.5 | 28 | 2006 | ||
2MASSW J0920122+351742 | Lynx | 9h 20m 12.23s | 35° 17′ 42.9″ | 95 | L6.5 | 2000 | |||
2MASSI J0937347+293142 | Leo | 9h 37m 34.87s | 29° 31′ 40.9″ | 20.0 | T6p | 42 | 0.94 | 2002 | |
2MASS 0939−2448 | Antlia | 9h 39m 35.48s | −24° 48′ 27.9″ | 16.83 | 17.4 | T8 | 32 | 0.95 | 2005 |
Luhman 16B | Vela | 10h 49m 18.91s | −53° 19′ 10″ | 6.516 | T1 | 43 | 1.02 | 2013 | |
Luhman 16A | Vela | 10h 49m 18.91s | −53° 19′ 10″ | 6.516 | L8 | 40 | 1.01 | 2013 | |
DENIS-P J1058.7−1548 | Crater | 10h 58m 47.87s | −15° 48′ 17.2″ | 14.155 | 49 | L3 | 64 | 1.00 | 1997 |
Cha 110913-773444 | Chamaeleon | 11h 9m 14s | –77° 34′ 45″ | 21.59 | 163 | L | 8 | 1.8 | 2005 |
OTS 44 | Chamaeleon | 11h 10m 12s | –76° 32′ 13″ | 554 | M9.5V | 15 | 2005 | ||
2MASS J11145133−2618235 | Hydra | 11h 14m 51.33s | −26° 18′ 23.5″ | 15.86 | 18.2 | T7.5 | 33 | 0.96 | 2005 |
DENIS-P J1228.2-1547 | Corvus | 12h 28m 15.23s | −15° 47′ 34.2″ | 14.38 | 66 | L5 | 1999 | ||
2M 1237+6526 | Draco | 12h 37m 39.19s | 65° 26′ 14.8″ | 16.05 | 45.6 | T6.5 | 41 | 0.94 | 2003 |
Kelu-1A | Hydra | 13h 5m 40.2s | −25° 41′ 6″ | 61 | L2 | 63 | 0.98 | 1997 | |
Kelu-1B | Hydra | 13h 5m 40.2s | −25° 41′ 6″ | 61 | L4 | 58 | 0.98 | 1997 | |
LHS 2924 | Boötes | 14h 28m 43.23s | +33° 10′ 39.1″ | 19.74 | 38.5 | M9V | 76 | 1.06 | |
CFBDSIR 1458+10A | Boötes | 14h 58m 29.0s | +10° 13′ 43″ | 19.83 | 104 | T9 | 11.1 | 1.5 | 2010 |
CFBDSIR 1458+10B | Boötes | 14h 58m 29.0s | +10° 13′ 43″ | 21.85 | 104 | Y0 | 9 | 1.3 | 2010 |
TVLM 513-46546 | Boötes | 15h 1m 8.18s | +22° 50′ 2″ | 15.09 | 35.1 | M8.5V | 75 | 1.05 | n/a |
2MASS 1503+2525 | Boötes | 15h 3m 19.61s | 25° 25′ 19.6″ | 20.7 | T5 | 44 | 0.94 | 2003 | |
2MASS 1507−1627 | Libra | 15h 7m 47.69s | −16° 27′ 38.6″ | 19 | 23.9 | L5 | 60 | 0.99 | 2000 |
SDSSp J162414.37+002915.6 | Serpens | 16h 24m 14.36s | 0° 29′ 15.8″ | 36 | T6 | 43 | 0.94 | 1999 | |
LSR J1835+3259 | Lyra | 18h 35m 37.9s | 32° 59′ 54.5″ | 18.27 | 18.5 | M8.5 | 77 | 1.07 | 2003 |
PSO J318.5−22 | Capricornus | 21h 14m 8.02s | −22° 51′ 35.8″ | 80 | L7VL-G | 6.5 | 1.53 | 2013 | |
2MASS J21392676+0220226 | Aquarius | 21h 39m 26.77s | 2° 20′ 22.7″ | 14.71 | 32.1 | T1.5 | 46 | 0.96 | n/a |
2MASS J22282889-4310262 | Grus | 22h 28m 28.89s | −43° 10′ 26.2″ | 15.66 | 35 | T6 | 42 | 0.94 | 2013 |
WISE 0146+4234 | Andromeda | 1h 46m 56.66s | 42° 34′ 10.0″ | 18.71 | 20.5 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0226-0211 | Cetus | 2h 26m 24s | −2° 11′ 42.51″ | 18.94 | 91 | T7 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0313+7807 | Cepheus | 3h 13m 26.02s | 78° 7′ 44.4″ | 17.65 | 28 | T8.5 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0316+4307 | Perseus | 3h 16m 24.35s | 43° 7′ 9.1″ | 106.3 | T8 | 2010 | |||
WISE 0350-5658 | Reticulum | 3h 50m 0.32s | −56° 58′ 30.2″ | 22.8 | 17.7 | Y1 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0359-5401 | Reticulum | 3h 59m 34.06s | −54° 1′ 54.6″ | 21.56 | 19.2 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0410+1502 | Taurus | 4h 10m 22.79s | 15° 2′ 47.47″ | 19.25 | 20 | Y0 | 6 | 1.17 | 2010 |
WISE 0458+6434A | Camelopardalis | 4h 58m 53.93s | 64° 34′ 52.72″ | 17.50 | 35.9 | T8.5 | 15 | 4.2 | 2010 |
WISE 0458+6434B | Camelopardalis | 4h 58m 53.93s | 64° 34′ 52.72″ | 18.48 | 35.9 | T9.5 | 10 | 3.8 | 2010 |
WISE 0535-7500 | Mensa | 5h 35m 16.8s | −75° 0′ 24.9″ | 21.1 | 47 | Y1 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0607+2429 | Gemini | 6h 7m 38.65s | 24° 29′ 53.5″ | 14.22 | 25.4 | L8 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0647-6232 | Pictor | 6h 47m 23.23s | −62° 32′ 39.7″ | 22.65 | 28 | Y1 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0713-2917 | Canis Major | 7h 13m 22.55s | −29° 17′ 51.9″ | 19.64 | 23.2 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 0734-7157 | Volans | 7h 34m 44.02s | −71° 57′ 44.0″ | 20.41 | 34.9 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1217+1626A | Coma Berenices | 12h 17m 56.96s | 16° 26′ 39.98″ | 18.59 | 34.2 | T9 | 12 | 2010 | |
WISE 1217+1626B | Coma Berenices | 12h 17m 56.96s | 16° 26′ 39.98″ | 20.26 | 34.2 | Y0 | 6 | 2010 | |
WISE 1405+5534 | Ursa Major | 14h 5m 18.27s | 55° 34′ 21.22″ | 20.2 | 25.3 | Y0 pec | 30 | 0.86 | 2010 |
WISE 1506+7027 | Ursa Minor | 15h 6m 49.89s | 70° 27′ 36.23″ | 14.33 | 11.1 | T6 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1541-2250 | Libra | 15h 41m 51.57s | −22° 50′ 25.03″ | 21.16 | 20 | Y0.5 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1639-6847 | Triangulum Australe | 16h 39m 40.83s | −68° 47′ 38.6″ | 16.3 | Y0 | 2010 | |||
WISE 1711+3500 | Hercules | 17h 11m 4.59s | 35° 0′ 36.73″ | 17.89 | 60.3 | T8 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1738+2732 | Hercules | 17h 38m 35.54s | 27° 32′ 58.78″ | 19.47 | 20 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1741+2553 | Hercules | 17h 41m 24.22s | 25° 53′ 18.96″ | 16.53 | 18.9 | T9 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1828+2650 | Lyra | 18h 28m 31.10s | 26° 50′ 37.79″ | 23.57 | 36 | Y2 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1841+7000 | Draco | 18h 41m 24.75s | 70° 0′ 38.54″ | 17.24 | 131.1 | T5 | 2010 | ||
WISE 1952+7240 | Draco | 19h 52m 46.61s | 72° 40′ 0.61″ | 15.09 | 44.4 | T4 | 2010 | ||
WISE 2056+1459 | Delphinus | 20h 56m 28.88s | 14° 59′ 53.68″ | 19.21 | 24.5 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISE 2220-3628 | Grus | 22h 20m 55.31s | −36° 28′ 17.4″ | 20.38 | 26.4 | Y0 | 2010 | ||
WISEA 1101+5400 | Ursa Major | 11h 01m 25.95s | +54° 00′ 52.8″ | 111 | T5.5 | 2017 | |||
2M1510 | Libra | 15h 10m 47.47s | −28° 18′ 18.3″ | 120 | M9γ+M9γ | 2002 |
Star | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | App. mag. | Distance (ly) | Spectral type | Brown dwarf | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Orbital period (d) | Semimajor axis (AU) | Ecc. | Discovery year |
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L 34-26 | Chamaeleon | 07h 49m 12.71s | –76° 42′ 06.5″ | 35.6 | M3Ve [22] | COCONUTS-2b | 6.3+1.5 −1.9 | 400000000 | 7506+5205 −2060 | 2011 |
Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that have more mass than the biggest gas giant planets, but less than the least massive main-sequence stars. Their mass is approximately 13 to 80 times that of Jupiter (MJ)—not big enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen (1H) into helium in their cores, but massive enough to emit some light and heat from the fusion of deuterium (2H). The most massive ones can fuse lithium (7Li).
A rogue planet, also termed a free-floating planet (FFP) or an isolated planetary-mass object (iPMO), is an interstellar object of planetary mass which is not gravitationally bound to any star or brown dwarf.
An exomoon or extrasolar moon is a natural satellite that orbits an exoplanet or other non-stellar extrasolar body.
A sub-brown dwarf or planetary-mass brown dwarf is an astronomical object that formed in the same manner as stars and brown dwarfs but that has a planetary mass, therefore by definition below the limiting mass for thermonuclear fusion of deuterium . Some researchers include them in the category of rogue planets whereas others call them planetary-mass brown dwarfs.
An object with the spectral type T is either a brown dwarf or young free-floating planetary-mass object. An directly imaged exoplanet with a young age can also be a T-dwarf. T dwarfs are colder than L dwarfs, but warmer than Y dwarfs.
LP 944-20 is a dim brown dwarf of spectral class M9 located 21 light-years from the Solar System in the constellation of Fornax. With a visual apparent magnitude of 18.69, it has one of the dimmest visual magnitudes listed on the RECONS page. It is one of the brightest brown dwarfs, if not the brightest at JMKO=10.68±0.03 mag.
TVLM 513-46546 is an M9 ultracool dwarf at the red dwarf/brown dwarf mass boundary in the constellation Boötes. It exhibits flare star activity, which is most pronounced at radio wavelengths. The star has a mass approximately 80 times the mass of Jupiter. The radio emission is broadband and highly circularly polarized, similar to planetary auroral radio emissions. The radio emission is periodic, with bursts emitted every 7054 s, with nearly one hundredth of a second precision. Subtle variations in the radio pulses could suggest that the ultracool dwarf rotates faster at the equator than the poles in a manner similar to the Sun.
An object with the spectral type L can be either a low-mass star, a brown dwarf or a young free-floating planetary-mass object. If a young exoplanet or planetary-mass companion is detected via direct imaging, it can also have an L spectral type, such as Kappa Andromedae b.
A planetary-mass object (PMO), planemo, or planetary body is, by geophysical definition of celestial objects, any celestial object massive enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium, but not enough to sustain core fusion like a star.
PSO J318.5−22 is an extrasolar object of planetary mass that does not orbit a parent star, it is an analog to directly imaged young gas giants. There is no consensus yet among astronomers whether the object should be referred to as a sub-brown dwarf, as a rogue planet or as a young brown dwarf. It is approximately 80 light-years away and belongs to the Beta Pictoris moving group. The object was discovered in 2013 in images taken by the Pan-STARRS PS1 wide-field telescope. PSO J318.5-22's age is inferred to be 23 million years, the same age as the Beta Pictoris moving group. Based on its calculated temperature and age, it is classified under the brown dwarf spectral type L7.
An ultra-cool dwarf is a stellar or sub-stellar object that has an effective temperature lower than 2,700 K . This category of dwarf stars was introduced in 1997 by J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Todd J. Henry, and Michael J. Irwin. It originally included very low mass M-dwarf stars with spectral types of M7 but was later expanded to encompass stars ranging from the coldest known to brown dwarfs as cool as spectral type T6.5. Altogether, ultra-cool dwarfs represent about 15% of the astronomical objects in the stellar neighborhood of the Sun. One of the best known examples is TRAPPIST-1.
BD+29 5007 is a K-type star, located 77 light-years in the constellation Pegasus. It has a large-separation companion that was identified in 2016. The pair was identified to be a possible member of the 45+15
−5 million years old Argus association, though this is disputed.
GALEX J2339–0424 is a white dwarf that is suspected to be polluted with material originating from an icy exomoon. This is evident from the first detection of beryllium in this white dwarf, together with GD 378.
WD 2317+1830 is one of the first white dwarfs with lithium detected in its atmosphere. The white dwarf is surrounded by a debris disk and is actively accreting material. Researchers suggest that the presence of alkali metals indicates the accretion of crust material. Another work however cautions to use alkali metals as a single indicator of crust material. They suggest that such objects could be polluted by mantle material instead. An analysis in 2024 finds that the abundance of lithium is in agreement with Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and galactic nucleosynthesis. WD 2317+1830 likely was a star with sub-solar metallicity, which is evident from its old age, as well as from its thick disk or halo kinematics. This low metallicity means that the planetesimals that formed around this old white dwarf had a composition more similar to BBN abundances. The lithium-enhancement is not in agreement with the accretion of terrestrial continental crust material. The accretion of an exotic exoplanet is not ruled out, but the accretion of a primitive planetesimal is more likely. The accretion of an exomoon as a lithium source is excluded.