2MASS J04414489+2301513
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Right ascension | 04h 41m 44.89s |
| Declination | 23° 01′ 51.3″ |
| Characteristics | |
| Variable type | BY |
| Astrometry | |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.02 M☉ |
| Age | 0.001 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
2MASS J04414489+2301513 (often abbreviated to 2M J044144) is a young brown dwarf approximately 450 light years away with an orbiting companion about 5–10 times the mass of Jupiter. The mass of the primary brown dwarf is roughly 20 times the mass of Jupiter and its age is roughly one million years.[1][2]
It is not clear whether this companion object is a sub-brown dwarf or a planet. The companion is very large with respect to its parent brown dwarf, and must have formed within 1 million years or so. This seems to be too big and too fast to form like a regular planet from a disk around the central object.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Hubble spots giant planet orbiting tiny star". Content.usatoday.com. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- 1 2 "Discovery Of A Planetary-Mass Companion To A Brown Dwarf In Taurus". Iopscience.iop.org. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Jean Schneider (2011). "Notes for star 2M J044144". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
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