GD 165
GD 165 is a system of a white dwarf and a brown dwarf of spectral types DA4[2] + L4,[3] located in constellation Boötes at approximately 103 light-years from Earth.[3] GD 165 B remained the only brown dwarf companion of a white dwarf until the discovery of GD 1400 B, which was discovered 17 years later.[9]
The white dwarf GD 165 A is seen in the center of the image as a bright star. The brown dwarf GD 165 B is below the white dwarf, seen as a red spot. | |
Observation data Epoch J2000[1] Equinox J2000[1] | |
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Constellation | Boötes |
Right ascension | 14h 24m 39.144s[1] |
Declination | 09° 17′ 13.98″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | white dwarf + brown dwarf |
Spectral type | DA4[2]+L4[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | -26.8 ± 4.3[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -213.353 ± 0.084[5] mas/yr Dec.: -149.648 ± 0.074[5] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 29.9335 ± 0.0559[5] mas |
Distance | 109.0 ± 0.2 ly (33.41 ± 0.06 pc) |
Details | |
GD 165 A | |
Mass | 0.64 ± 0.02[6] M☉ |
Radius | 0.0124 ± 0.0003[6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.0030 ± 0.0006[6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 8.052 ± 0.035[6] cgs |
Temperature | 12,130 ± 450[6] K |
Rotation | 57.29 ± 0.34 hours[6] |
Age | 1.2-5.5[7] Gyr |
GD 165 B | |
Mass | 62.58 ± 15.57[8] MJup |
Radius | 1.00 ± 0.08[8] RJup |
Surface gravity (log g) | 5.19 ± 0.21[8] cgs |
Temperature | 1755 ± 102[8] K |
Age | 1.2-5.5[7] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | GD 165 A |
GD 165 B |
Nomenclature and observation
"GD" means "Giclas Dwarf".[10]
The component GD 165 B was discovered in 1988 by Becklin and Zuckerman.[11] It is the first L-type brown dwarf, and in general, the first dwarf cooler than M dwarfs[12] discovered, but it was not recognized as a brown dwarf until the 1990s, when other such objects were found, starting from Gliese 229 B in 1995.[13][14]
Initially it was tentatively assigned spectral type ≥M10, but in 1999 Kirkpatrick et al. established new spectral types L and T for newly discovered objects cooler than M-type stars, and GD 165 B was reclassified L4.[3]
Distance
As of 1999 the most precise distance estimate of GD 165 was the YPC trigonometric parallax, published by van Altena et al. in 1995: 31.7 ± 2.5 mas, corresponding to a distance 31.5+2.7
−2.3 pc, or 102.9+8.8
−7.5 ly.[3] In 2018 ESA's Gaia satellite measured the parallax of the system with high precision.[5]
GD 165 distance estimates
Source | Parallax, mas | Distance, pc | Distance, ly | Ref. |
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van Altena et al. (1995) | 31.7 ± 2.5 | 31.5+2.7 −2.3 | 102.9+8.8 −7.5 | [3] |
Tinney et al. (1995) | 25.4 ± 7.4 | 39.4+16.2 −8.9 | 128.4+52.8 −29.0 | [15][1] |
Gaia Collaboration (2018) | 29.9335 ± 0.0559 | 33.4 | 109 | [5] |
Physical properties
The white dwarf GD 165 A is classical ZZ Ceti variable with a temperature of about 12 100 K and a mass of 0.64 M☉.[6]
GD 165 B has a temperature of about 1750 K and a mass of about 63 MJ.[8] Like all L-dwarfs GD 165 B lacks the dominant titanium oxide seen in warmer M dwarfs. The depletion of titanium oxide is caused by the formation of perovskite grains in the photospheres of L-dwarfs.[16] Lithium is not detected in the spectrum of this L-dwarf, but considering the age of the system and the mass of the brown dwarf, any lithium should be destroyed, whether GD 165 B is a brown dwarf or not.[7]
See also
The other later than M brown dwarfs, discovered before 1998:
Nakajima et al. (1995):[14]
Kirkpatrick et al. (1997):[2]
- 2MASP J0345432+254023 (L0,[3] first isolated L-dwarf)
Delfosse et al. (1997):[18]
- DENIS-P J020529.0-115925 (L7,[3] isolated, later a companion was found)
- DENIS-P J1058.7-1548 (L3,[3] isolated)
- DENIS-P J1228.2-1547 (L5,[3] isolated, later a companion was found)
Ruiz et al. (1997):[19]
References
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