DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b

DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Sahlmann et al. (2013)
Discovery site ESO telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory
Discovery date August 2013
Detection method
 Transit photometry
Designations
2MASS J08230313-4912012 b[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
0.36±0.01 AU
Eccentricity 0.345+0.068
−0.064
246.36+1.38
−1.35 days
Inclination 56.6+1.9
−2.1 deg
36.3+7.2
−8.4 deg
Physical characteristics
Mass 28.5±1.9 MJ[2]

    DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b (or alias 2MASS J08230313-4912012 b) is an exoplanet or brown dwarf orbiting DENIS-P J082303.1-491201,[3] an L1.5-type brown dwarf. As of March 2014, DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b, with a mass of nearly 29 MJ, is listed as the most massive exoplanet so far discovered.[2]

    Discovery

    DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b was discovered by Sahlmann et al. (2013) using the ESO telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory.[1] It is part of an ultracool binary system.[1]

    Properties

    Physical

    DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b is located 20.77 parsecs (67.7 ly) from Earth. At 28.5±1.9 MJ,[2] it is listed as the most massive planet in the NASA Exoplanet Archive, although, according to most definitions, this object is too massive to be a planet and is more properly classified as a brown dwarf.

    Orbital

    DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b orbits the nearby L1.5-type brown dwarf DENIS-P J082303.1-491201, which is 7.5±0.7% the mass of our Sun,[1] and has a period of about 246 days.[1][2]

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    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sahlmann, J.; Lazorenko, P. F.; Ségransan, D.; Martín, E. L.; Queloz, D. et al. (August 2013). "Astrometric orbit of a low-mass companion to an ultracool dwarf". Astronomy & Astrophysics 556. A133. arXiv:1306.3225. Bibcode:2013A&A...556A.133S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321871.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b". Caltech. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
    3. ↑ "DENIS-P J082303.1-491201". SIMBAD. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

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