GD 165

GD 165

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]
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 mas[5]
Distance109.0 ± 0.2 ly
(33.41 ± 0.06 pc)
Details
GD 165 A
Mass0.64 ± 0.02[6] M
Radius0.0124 ± 0.0003[6] R
Luminosity0.0030 ± 0.0006[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)8.052 ± 0.035[6] cgs
Temperature12,130 ± 450[6] K
Rotation57.29 ± 0.34 hours[6]
Age1.2-5.5[7] Gyr
GD 165 B
Mass62.58 ± 15.57[8] MJup
Radius1.00 ± 0.08[8] RJup
Surface gravity (log g)5.19 ± 0.21[8] cgs
Temperature1755 ± 102[8] K
Age1.2-5.5[7] Gyr
Other designations
LSPM J1424+0917, 2MASS J14243914+0917139, WDS J14247+0917A, WD 1422+095, V* CX Boo, ** ZUC 12
Database references
SIMBADGD 165 A
GD 165 B

GD 165 is a binary white dwarf and brown dwarf system located in the Boötes constellation, roughly 109 light-years from Earth.[7] Neither of the stars have any known exoplanets.

Nomenclature and observation

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The system GD 165 is named after Henry L. Giclas, an American Astronomer who lived throughout the 20th century.[9]

GD 165 B was discovered in 1988 by Becklin and Zuckerman at the University of California, Los Angeles.[10] GD 165 B was the first brown dwarf discovered to be cooler than M-Type stars[11] and was initially assigned the spectral type ≥M10. It would not be recognized as a brown dwarf until 1999, when new spectral types L-Type and T-Type for objects cooler than M-type stars were established, reclassifying GD 165 B as L4.[3]

Physical properties

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GD 165 A is a pulsating white dwarf with a temperature of about 12,100 K, a mass of 0.64 M, and a radius of 0.0124 R.[6] GD 165 A has an extremely dim luminosity of 0.0030L,[6] making it completely invisible to the naked eye.

GD 165 B is an L-Type brown dwarf with a temperature of about 1,750 K, a mass of about 63 MJ, and a radius of 1.00 RJ.[8] GD 165B is separated by 123±12 astronomical units from its host white dwarf. It is the second closest spacially resolved brown dwarf after PHL 5038, which has a separation of around 69 AU.[12] It produces almost no light and is completely invisible to the naked eye.

A broad band optical light curve for GD 165, adapted from Giammichele et al. (2015)[6]

See also

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Other cooler than M brown dwarfs, discovered before 1998:

References

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  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Beichman, Charles A.; Skrutskie, Michael F. (1997). "The Coolest Isolated M Dwarf and Other 2MASS Discoveries". The Astrophysical Journal. 476 (1): 311–318. Bibcode:1997ApJ...476..311K. doi:10.1086/303613.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Reid, I. Neill; Liebert, James; Cutri, Roc M.; Nelson, Brant; Beichman, Charles A.; Dahn, Conard C.; Monet, David G.; Gizis, John E.; Skrutskie, Michael F. (1999). "Dwarfs Cooler than "M": The Definition of Spectral Type "L" Using Discoveries from the 2 Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 519 (2): 802–833. Bibcode:1999ApJ...519..802K. doi:10.1086/307414. S2CID 73569208.
  4. ^ Pauli, E.-M.; Napiwotzki, R.; Heber, U.; Altmann, M.; Odenkirchen, M. (February 2006). "3D kinematics of white dwarfs from the SPY project. II". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 447 (1): 173–184. arXiv:astro-ph/0510494. Bibcode:2006A&A...447..173P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052730. ISSN 0004-6361.
  5. ^ a b c Gaia Collaboration (2018-08-01). "Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616: A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 49211658.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Giammichele, N.; Fontaine, G.; Brassard, P.; Charpinet, S. (March 2016). "A New Analysis of the Two Classical ZZ Ceti White Dwarfs GD 165 and Ross 548. II. Seismic Modeling". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 223 (1): 10. Bibcode:2016ApJS..223...10G. doi:10.3847/0067-0049/223/1/10. ISSN 0067-0049. S2CID 124354534.
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  16. ^ Ruiz, Maria Teresa; Leggett, S. K.; Allard, France (1997). "Kelu-1: A Free-floating Brown Dwarf in the Solar Neighborhood". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 491 (2): L107–L110. Bibcode:1997ApJ...491L.107R. doi:10.1086/311070.