Direct-imaging discovery of a 12-14 Jupiter-mass object orbiting a young binary system of very low-mass stars

作者：Delorme P^*; Gagne J; Girard J H; Lagrange A M; Chauvin G; Naud M E; Lafreniere D; Doyon R; Riedel A; Bonnefoy M; Malo L

来源：Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013, 553: L5.

DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201321169

• planetary systems
• stars: low-mass
• methods: observational
• instrumentation: adaptive optics

Context. Though only a handful of extrasolar planets have been discovered via direct-imaging, each of these discoveries had a tremendous impact on our understanding of planetary formation, stellar formation, and cool atmosphere physics.
Aims. Since many of these newly imaged giant planets orbit massive A or even B stars, we investigate whether giant planets could be found orbiting low-mass stars at large separations.
Methods. We have been conducting an adaptive optic imaging survey to search for planetary-mass companions of young M dwarfs in the solar neigbourhood, in order to probe different initial conditions of planetary formation.
Results. We report here the direct-imaging discovery of 2MASS J01033563-5515561(AB) b, a 12-14 M-Jup companion at a projected separation of 84 AU from a pair of young late-M stars, with which it shares proper motion. We also detected a Keplerian-compatible orbital motion.
Conclusions. This young L-type object at the planet/brown dwarf mass boundary is the first ever imaged around a binary system at a separation compatible with formation in a disc.

• 出版日期2013-5