2MASS J03552337+1133437

Coordinates: 03h 55m 23.370s, +11° 33′ 43.71″

2MASS J03552337+1133437
Observation data
Epoch J2000[1]      Equinox J2000[1]
Constellation Taurus
Right ascension 03h 55m 23.370s[1]
Declination 11° 33 43.71[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

2MASS J03552337+1133437 (2MASS J0355+11) is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral type L5γ,[2] located in constellation Taurus at approximately 29.8 light-years from Earth.[3]

Discovery

2MASS J0355+11 was discovered in 2006 by Reid et al.[4]

Further reading

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2MASS J03552337+1133437 -- Brown Dwarf (M<0.08solMass)". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. Cruz, Kelle L.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Burgasser, Adam J. (2009). "Young L Dwarfs Identified in the Field: A Preliminary Low-Gravity, Optical Spectral Sequence from L0 to L5". The Astronomical Journal. 137 (2): 3345–3357. arXiv:0812.0364Freely accessible. Bibcode:2009AJ....137.3345C. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/2/3345.
  3. Liu, M. C.; Dupuy, T. J.; Allers, K. N. (2013). "Infrared parallaxes of young field brown dwarfs and connections to directly imaged gas-giant exoplanets". Astronomische Nachrichten. 334 (1–2): 85–88. arXiv:1305.3270Freely accessible. Bibcode:2013AN....334...85L. doi:10.1002/asna.201211783.
  4. Reid, I. Neill; Lewitus, E.; Allen, P. R.; Cruz, Kelle L.; Burgasser, Adam J. (2006). "A Search for Binary Systems among the Nearest L Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (2): 891–901. arXiv:astro-ph/0606331Freely accessible. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..891R. doi:10.1086/505626.
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