Identification of a wide, low-mass multiple system containing the brown dwarf 2MASS J0850359+105716

Identification of a wide, low-mass multiple system containing the brown dwarf 2MASS J0850359+105716

We report our discovery of NLTT 20346 as an M5+M6 companion system to the tight binary (or triple) L dwarf 2MASS J0850359+105716. This nearby (~31 pc), widely separated (~7700 AU) quadruple system was identified through a cross-match of proper motion catalogs. Follow-up imaging and spectroscopy of N...

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Main Authors: Faherty, Jacqueline K. (Author), Burgasser, Adam J. (Contributor), Bochanski, John J. (Author), Looper, Dagny L. (Author), West, Andrew A. (Author), van der Bliek, Nicole S. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-01-07T21:12:43Z.
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