Astronomy:V921 Scorpii b

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V921 Scorpii b
Discovery[1]
Discovery date2019
Imaging
Orbital characteristics[2]
835 au[1]
StarV921 Scorpii
Physical characteristics
Mass60 ||J}}}}}} [1]


V921 Scorpii b is a candidate 60-Jupiter-mass brown dwarf orbiting V921 Scorpii, a 20-solar-mass 30,000 K Herbig Haro B0IV-class subgiant. The object is 835 AU away from V921 Scorpii. Despite the large distance, V921 Scorpii b receives a comparable amount of irradiation as Mars, owing to the large mass and luminosity of V921 Scorpii.[1]

While this candidate object is likely a brown dwarf, it is included in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia since it includes substellar objects with masses up to 60 Jupiter masses.[1]

Host star

With 20 solar masses in mass and 30,000 K in temperature, V921 Scorpii is a Herbig Haro B0IV-class subgiant and the most massive star to host a substellar object.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "V921 Scorpii b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 1995. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/v921_sco_b--7107/. Retrieved 2021-07-18. 
  2. Gabellini, M. Giulia Ubeira; van den Ancker, Mario; Fedele, Davide; Lodato, Giuseppe; Manara, Carlo F. (2019-04-01). "A New Companion Candidate around the Herbig Star V921 Sco*". Research Notes of the AAS 3 (4): 61. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab1659. ISSN 2515-5172. Bibcode2019RNAAS...3...61U.