Astrometric Discovery of GJ 802b: In the Brown Dwarf Oasis?

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2005-05-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505205v1

Astrophys.J. 630 (2005) 528-534

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ on May 9, 2005

Scientific paper

10.1086/431967

The Stellar Planet Survey is an ongoing astrometric search for giant planets and brown dwarfs around a sample of about 30 M-dwarfs. We have discovered several low-mass companions by measuring the motion of our target stars relative to their reference frames. The lowest mass discovery thus far is GJ 802b, a companion to the M5-dwarf GJ 802A. The orbital period is 3.14 +/- 0.03 y, the system mass is 0.214 +/- 0.045 Msolar, and the semi-major axis is 1.28 +/- 0.10 AU or 81 +/- 6 mas. Imaging observations indicate that GJ 802b is likely to be a brown dwarf with the astrometrically determined mass 0.058 +/- 0.021 Msolar (one sigma limits). The remaining uncertainty in the orbit is the eccentricity that is now loosely constrained. We discuss how the system age limits the mass and the prospects to further narrow the mass range when e is more precisely determined.

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