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Also known as DENIS J151047.8-281817, 2M1510A a, 2MASSW J1510478-281817, 2M1510A, 2MASS J15104786-2818174

2M1510 (full designation: 2MASS J15104761–2818234) is a triple or possibly quadruple system of gravitationally bound brown dwarfs, consisting of the eclipsing binary 2M1510AB and the wide companion 2M1510C. 2M1510AB was found to be an eclipsing binary in the first light data of the SPECULOOS telescopes. It is only the second eclipsing binary brown dwarf found so far (as of March 2020), the other is 2M0535-05. The system verified theoretical models for how brown dwarfs cool. The system is located 120 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Libra.

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It is catalogued under topics including Eclipsing binaries, Libra (constellation) and M-type brown dwarfs.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
brown dwarf
Constellation
Libra
Distance from Earth
36.6
Radius
1.57
Mass
28.1
Orbital period
20.902
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spectral class
M9
effective temperature
2600
radial velocity
-13
right ascension
227.69940541649000
declination
-28.30486663737000
apparent magnitude
17.48936
catalog code
Gaia DR2 6212595980928732032
epoch
J2000.0
parallax
27.3897
declination component of proper motion
-47.811
right ascension component of proper motion
-118.794
orbital eccentricity
0.31
discovery method
transit method
orbital inclination
88.5
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.063
time of discovery or invention
2002-00-00
Commons category
2M1510

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7 sections
Contents
  • Nomenclature
  • Age
  • The brown dwarf system
  • Planet candidate
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

2M1510 (full designation: 2MASS J15104761–2818234) is a triple or possibly quadruple system of gravitationally bound brown dwarfs, consisting of the eclipsing binary 2M1510AB and the wide companion 2M1510C. 2M1510AB was found to be an eclipsing binary in the first light data of the SPECULOOS telescopes. It is only the second eclipsing binary brown dwarf found so far (as of March 2020), the other is 2M0535-05. The system verified theoretical models for how brown dwarfs cool. The system is located 120 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Libra.

== Nomenclature == Different works by different teams did give the individual brown dwarfs different names. Triaud et al. used lower cases to describe the inner eclipsing binary, which is common practice. Planets do however also use lower cases. To avoid confusion this article will use the naming used by Baycroft et al. and will call the direct imaging candidate by Calissendorff et al. with a D. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Gizis 2002 ! colspan="3" |2MASSW J1510478-281817 !2MASSW J1510476-281823 |- !publication !direct imaging companion !eclipsing binary pair !exoplanet !wide companion |- |Calissendorff et al. 2019 |2M1510B |– |– |– |- |Triaud et al. 2020 |– |2M1510Aab |– |2M1510B |- |Baycroft et al. 2025 |– |2M1510AB |2M1510(AB)b |2M1510C |- |2M1510 article |2M1510D |2M1510AB |2M1510(AB)b |2M1510C |}

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