Astronomy:V921 Scorpii b
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Short description: Candidate brown dwarf orbiting variable star
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2019 [1] |
| Imaging [1] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 835 [1] | |
| Star | V921 Scorpii |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 60 |♃|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
At 20 solar masses, V921 Scorpii is the most massive star to host a substellar object. With 20 solar masses in mass and 30,000 K in temperature, it is a Herbig Haro B0IV-class subgiant.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "V921 Scorpii b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 1995. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/v921_sco_b--7107/. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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