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]

Distance

2MASS J0355+11 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Distance, Pm Ref.
Reid et al. (2006) 10.1±1.5 32.9±4.9 [4]
Faherty et al. (2013) 133.7±11.9 7.5+0.7
−0.6
24.4+2.4
−2
230.8+22.5
−18.9
[5]
Liu et al. (2013) 109.6±1.3 9.12±0.11 29.8+0.4
−0.3
281.5+3.4
−3.3
[3]
Zapatero Osorio et al. (2014) 110.8±4.3 9+0.4
−0.3
29.4+1.2
−1.1
278.5+11.2
−10.4
[6]

Non-trigonometric distance estimates are marked in italic. The most precise estimate is marked in bold.

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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:0812.0364. Bibcode:2009AJ....137.3345C. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/2/3345.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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:1305.3270. Bibcode:2013AN....334...85L. doi:10.1002/asna.201211783.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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/0606331. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..891R. doi:10.1086/505626.
  5. Faherty, J. K.; Rice, E. L.; Cruz, K. L.; Mamajek, E. E.; Núñez, A. (2013). "2MASS J035523.37+113343.7: A Young, Dusty, Nearby, Isolated Brown Dwarf Resembling a Giant Exoplanet". The Astronomical Journal 145 (1): 2. arXiv:1206.5519. Bibcode:2013AJ....145....2F. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/2.
  6. Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Béjar, V. J. S.; Miles-Páez, P.; Peña-Ramírez, K.; Rebolo, R.; Pallé, E. (2014). "Trigonometric parallaxes of young field L dwarfs". v1. arXiv:1406.1345 [astro-ph.SR].