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2007A&A...468L...5B - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 468, L5-8 (2007/6-2)

The young, wide and very low mass visual binary Lambda Orionis 167.

BARRADO Y NAVASCUES D., BAYO A., MORALES-CALDERON M., HUELAMO N., STAUFFER J.R. and BOUY H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We look for wide, faint companions around members of the 5Myr Lambda Orionis open cluster. We used optical, near-infrared, and Spitzer/IRAC photometry. We report the discovery of a very wide very low mass visual binary, LOri167, formed by a brown dwarf and a planetary-mass candidate located at 5 arcsec, which seems to belong to the cluster. We derive Teff of 2125 and 1750K. If they are members, comparisons with theoretical models indicate masses of 17+3–2 and 8+5–1Mjup, with a projected separation of 2000 AU. Such a binary system would be difficult to explain in most models, particularly those where substellar objects form in the disks surrounding higher mass stars.

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Journal keyword(s): open clusters and associations: individual: Collinder 69 - stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs - stars: binaries: visual - stars: pre-main sequence

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