UScoCTIO 108
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) |
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Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 16h 05m 53.94s[1] |
Declination | −18° 18′ 42.7″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M7[2] |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 473 ± 6 ly (145 ± 2[2] pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.06 ± 0.02 [2] M☉ |
Luminosity | 0.01 [2] L☉ |
Temperature | 2700 ± 100 [2] K |
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SIMBAD | data |
Position (relative to A) | |
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Epoch of observation | J2007.5 |
Angular distance | 4.6 ± 0.1″ [2] |
Position angle | 177 ± 1° [2] |
Observed separation (projected) |
~670 AU [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M9.5–L3[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.013+0.002−0.008 [2] M☉ |
Luminosity | 0.0007 [2] L☉ |
Temperature | 2350+100−400 [2] K |
Other designations | |
UscoCTIO 108b[3]
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SIMBAD | data |
UScoCTIO 108 is a binary system, approximately 470 light-years away in the Upper Scorpius (USco) OB association. The primary, UScoCTIO 108A, with mass around 0.06 solar masses, is a brown dwarf or low-mass red dwarf. The secondary, UScoCTIO 108B, with a mass around the deuterium burning limit of 13 Jupiter masses, would be classified as either a brown dwarf or an extrasolar planet.[2]
References
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External links
- Star: UScoCTIO 108, Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Accessed on line June 17, 2008.