DUCOURANT, C.; TEIXEIRA, R.; CHAUVIN, G.; DAIGNE, G.; LE CAMPION, J.-F.; SONG, Inseok; ZUCKERMAN, B.

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DUCOURANT, C.
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas [São Paulo] [IAG]

TEIXEIRA, R.
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas [São Paulo] [IAG]
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciências Atmosféricas

CHAUVIN, G.
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble [LAOG]

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Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A. 2008, vol. 477, n° 1, p. L1-L4

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In April 2004 the first image was obtained of a planetary mass companion (now known as 2M1207 b) in orbit around a self-luminous object different from our own Sun (the young brown dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254, hereafter 2M1207 A). 2M1207 b probably formed via fragmentation and gravitational collapse, offering proof that such a mechanism can form bodies in the planetary mass regime. However, the predicted mass, luminosity, and radius of 2M1207 b depend on its age, distance, and other observables such as effective temperature. To refine our knowledge of the physical properties of 2M1207 b and its nature, we obtained an accurate determination of the distance to the 2M1207 A and b system by measurements of its trigonometric parallax at the milliarcsec level. With the ESO NTT/SUSI2 telescope, in 2006 we began a campaign of photometric and astrometric observations to measure the trigonometric parallax of 2M1207 A. An accurate distance ($52.4\pm 1.1$ pc) to 2M1207A was measured. From distance and proper motions we derived spatial velocities fully compatible with TWA membership. With this new distance estimate, we discuss three scenarios regarding the nature of 2M1207 b: (1) a cool ($1150\pm150$ K) companion of mass $4\pm1$ M$_{\rm{Jup}}$, (2) a warmer ($1600\pm100$ K) and heavier ($8\pm2$ M$_{\rm{Jup}}$) companion occulted by an edge-on circum-secondary disk or (3) a hot protoplanet collision afterglow.< Réduire

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Extra-solar planets

Brown dwarf

mass determination

Parallax

TW Hydrae Association

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