Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-05-15
Astron.J. 126 (2003) 918
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scheduled for publication in the Astronomical Journal (August 2003)
Scientific paper
10.1086/376742
Adaptive optics corrected images obtained with the CIAO instrument at the Subaru 8.2-meter telescope show the presence of two subarsecond companions to the nearby (d=19.3 pc) young star GJ 900, which was previously classified as a single member of the IC 2391 supercluster. The two companions share the same proper motion as the primary and are redder. Their projected separations from the primary are 10 AU and 14.5 AU for B and C, respectively. The estimated masses for the two new companions depend strongly on the age of the system. For the range of ages found in the literature for IC 2391 supercluster members (from 35 Myr to 200 Myr), the expected masses range from 0.2 M$_\odot$ to 0.4 M$_\odot$ for the B component, and from 0.09 M$_\odot$ to 0.22 M$_\odot$ for the C component. The determination of the dynamical mass of the faintest component of GJ 900 will yield the age of the system using theoretical evolutionary tracks. The apparent separations of the GJ 900 system components meet the observational criterion for an unstable Trapezium-type system, but this could be a projection effect. Further observations are needed to establish the nature of this interesting low-mass multiple system.
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