TVLM513-46546

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TVLM513-46546
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension 15h 01m 08.187s
Declination +22° 50' 02.04"'
Characteristics
Spectral typeM8.5V
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -55 mas/yr
Dec.: -59 mas/yr
Parallax (π)94.4 ± 0.6 mas
Distance34.55 ly
(10.6[1]" pc)
Details
Mass0.09 M
Radius0.11 R
Luminosity0.00042 L
Temperature2,500 K
Age>1 billion years
Other designations
2MASS J15010818+2250020, 2MASSI J1501081+225001, 2MUCD 20596.
Database references
SIMBADdata
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue,
CCDM (2002),
Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

TVLM513-46546 is an ultracool red dwarf in the constellation Boötes, exhibiting a flare star activity and all the same varying semi-regularly due to dissimilarly bright hemispheres and a rotation period of about two days. The star has a mass as low as 90 times the mass of Jupiter (or 9 percent of Sun's mass) and an estimated radius of 11 percent that of Sun (nearly a Jupiter-sized star). The star also shows hints of an unseen companion with undetermined mass. Future monitoring will be able to confirm or rule out low-mass stellar or even planetary mass companions (down to 2-10 Jupiter masses), with orbital periods spanning between 1 and 15 days.[1] Assuming a stellar luminosity of 0.042 percent that of Sun, the habitable zone where an Earth-like planet may retain liquid water at comfortable temperatures would be located within 0.02 Astronomical Units (roughly 10 times the distance of the Moon from Earth).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Forbrich & Berger; Berger, Edo (2005). "The First VLBI Detection of an Ultracool Dwarf: Implications for the Detectability of Sub-stellar Companions". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 706 (2): 205–209. arXiv:0910.1349. Bibcode:2009ApJ...706L.205F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/706/2/L205. 

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