Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-09-26
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.Lett.364:L91-L95,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, MNRAS in press
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00112.x
In this paper we discuss the nature and the possible formation scenarios of the companion of the brown dwarf 2MASS 1207334-393254. We initially discuss the basic physical properties of this object and conclude that, although from its absolute mass ($5M_{\rm Jup}$), it is a planetary object, in terms of its mass ratio $q$ and of its separation $a$ with respect to the primary brown dwarf, it is consistent with the statistical properties of binaries with higher primary mass. We then explore the possible formation mechanism for this object. We show that the standard planet formation mechanism of core accretion is far too slow to form this object within 10 Myr, the observed age of the system. On the other hand, the alternative mechanism of gravitational instability (proposed both in the context of planet and of binary formation) may, in principle, work and form a system with the observed properties.
Clarke Catherine J.
Delgado-Donate Eduardo
Lodato Giuseppe
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