2MASS_J05352184-0546085

2MASS J05352184−0546085

2MASS J05352184−0546085

Eclipsing binary brown dwarf in the Orion Nebula

2MASS J05352184-0546085, abbreviated to 2M0535-05 and also known by its variable star designation V2384 Orionis, is a young eclipsing binary brown dwarf system in the Orion Nebula, about 1,200 light-years (370 parsecs) away. It was discovered in 2006 and was the first eclipsing brown dwarf system to be discovered,[5][6] predating the discovery of the transiting brown dwarf CoRoT-3b in 2008.

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The pair orbit each other with a period of 9.8 days, and are about 60 and 38 times the mass of Jupiter, respectively. The system is very young, at an age of about 1 million years, so the brown dwarfs have yet to cool; they are M-type objects with temperatures comparable to red dwarf stars, and they are inflated in size to over half the radius of the Sun.[4][6] The primary is observed to rotate with a period of 3.3 days and the secondary 14 days, indicating that they have not yet become tidally locked to each other.[4]

Unexpectedly, the less massive (secondary) brown dwarf is the hotter of the pair.[6][2] Possible explanations for this temperature reversal include the two brown dwarfs differing slightly in age;[2] strong magnetic fields on the primary inhibiting convection,[2] supported by the primary's observed fast rotation and strong hydrogen-alpha emission;[7] large starspots on the primary,[4] though this was found to be unsupported by evidence;[8] and tidal heating, which is unlikely to be solely responsible for the temperature reversal.[9]

No infrared excess that would indicate the presence of a circumstellar disk has been detected in this system.[10]

See also

  • 2M1510, another eclipsing binary brown dwarf

Notes

  1. Derived from the primary temperature of 2715 K and the secondary/primary temperature ratio of 1.050

References

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    Stassun, Keivan G.; Mathieu, Robert D.; Valenti, Jeff A. (August 2007). "A Surprising Reversal of Temperatures in the Brown Dwarf Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085". The Astrophysical Journal. 664 (2): 1154–1166. arXiv:0704.3106. Bibcode:2007ApJ...664.1154S. doi:10.1086/519231.
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    Gómez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Stassun, Keivan G.; Prša, Andrej; Mathieu, Robert D. (July 2009). "Near-infrared Light Curves of the Brown Dwarf Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085: Can Spots Explain the Temperature Reversal?". The Astrophysical Journal. 699 (2): 1196–1208. arXiv:0905.0491. Bibcode:2009ApJ...699.1196G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1196.
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    Reiners, A.; Seifahrt, A.; et al. (December 2007). "Detection of Strong Activity in the Eclipsing Binary Brown Dwarf 2MASS J05352184-0546085: A Possible Explanation for the Temperature Reversal". The Astrophysical Journal. 671 (2): L149–L152. arXiv:0711.0536. Bibcode:2007ApJ...671L.149R. doi:10.1086/525255.
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    Mohanty, Subhanjoy; Stassun, Keivan G. (October 2012). "High-resolution Spectroscopy during Eclipse of the Young Substellar Eclipsing Binary 2MASS 0535-0546. II. Secondary Spectrum: No Evidence that Spots Cause the Temperature Reversal". The Astrophysical Journal. 758 (1): 12. arXiv:1208.0300. Bibcode:2012ApJ...758...12M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/758/1/12.
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    Heller, R.; Jackson, B.; et al. (May 2010). "Tidal effects on brown dwarfs: application to the eclipsing binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085. The anomalous temperature reversal in the context of tidal heating". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 514: A22. arXiv:1002.1246. Bibcode:2010A&A...514A..22H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912826.
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    Mohanty, Subhanjoy; Stassun, Keivan G.; Mathieu, Robert D. (May 2009). "Circumstellar Environment and Effective Temperature of the Young Substellar Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085". The Astrophysical Journal. 697 (1): 713–720. arXiv:0903.1892. Bibcode:2009ApJ...697..713M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/713.

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