WISE 0855−0714 (full designation WISE J085510.83−071442.5,[6] or W0855 for short) is a sub-brown dwarf 2.28±0.01parsecs (7.43±0.04light-years)[5] from Earth, therefore the fourth-closest star or (sub-) brown dwarf system to the Sun,[1] the discovery of which was announced in April 2014 by Kevin Luhman using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).[1]As of 2014[update], WISE 0855−0714 has the third-highest proper motion (8151.6±1.8mas/yr)[5] after Barnard's Star (10300mas/yr) and Kapteyn's Star (8600mas/yr)[6] and the fourth-largest parallax (439.0±2.4mas)[5] of any known star or brown dwarf. It is also the coldest object of its type found in interstellar space, having a temperature in the range 225 to 260K (−48 to −13°C; −55 to 8°F).[1]
Brown dwarf
WISE J085510.83−071442.5
Time-lapsed photo sequence of WISE 0855−0714's movement in the sky using captured images from the WISE and the Spitzer telescopes.[1]
Location of WISE 0855−0714 in the constellation Hydra
Characterization
Observations
Stars and brown dwarfs, including WISE 0855−0714, closest to the Sun—the year distances were determined is noted.[1]
The WISE object was detected in March 2013, and follow-up observations were taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Gemini North telescope.[1] The name WISE J085510.83−071442.5 includes the coordinates and indicates that the object is located in the constellation Hydra.
Distance and proper motion
Based on direct observations, WISE 0855−0714 has a large parallax, which specifically relates to its distance from the Solar System. This phenomenon results in a distance of around 7.43±0.04light-years,[5] with a small margin of error due to the strength of the parallax effect and the clarity of observations. WISE 0855−0714's proper motion across the sky is also directly observed over time, causing it to stand out in the observations, but the proper motion is itself a combination of its speed in the galactic neighborhood relative to the Solar System as well as its proximity to the Solar System. If it were moving exactly as fast but farther away, if it were moving more slowly but closer, or if it were moving more quickly near to the Sun but moving at a high angle towards or away from the Sun, it would have a smaller proper motion.
Spectrometry
Its luminosity in different bands of the thermal infrared in combination with its absolute magnitude—because of its known distance—was used to place it in context of different models; the best characterization of its brightness was in the W2 band of 4.6μm at an apparent magnitude of 13.89±0.05, though it was brighter into the deeper infrared.[6] Infrared images taken with the Magellan Baade Telescope suggest evidence of water clouds.[7]
Model-derived understanding
Based on models of brown dwarfs WISE 0855−0714's is estimated to have a mass of 3 to 10MJup.[1] This mass is in the range of a sub-brown dwarf or other planetary-mass object.
As of 2003, the International Astronomical Union considers an object with a mass above 13MJup, capable of fusing deuterium, to be a brown dwarf. A lighter object and one orbiting another object is considered a planet.[8] However, if the distinction is based on how the object formed then it might be considered a failed star, a theory advanced for the object Cha 110913-773444.[9]
Combining its luminosity, distance, and mass it is estimated to be the coldest-known brown dwarf, with a modeled effective temperature of 225 to 260K (−48 to −13°C; −55 to 8°F), depending on the model.[1]
See also
CFBDSIR 2149-0403, the first free-floating object with a confirmed mass below 13MJup.
Davy Kirkpatrick, J.; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Meisner, Aaron M.; Caselden, Dan; Schneider, Adam C.; Marocco, Federico; Cayago, Alfred J.; Smart, R. L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; Kuchner, Marc J.; Wright, Edward L.; Cushing, Michael C.; Allers, Katelyn N.; Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella C.; Burgasser, Adam J.; Gagne, Jonathan; Logsdon, Sarah E.; Martin, Emily C.; Ingalls, James G.; Lowrance, Patrick J.; Abrahams, Ellianna S.; Aganze, Christian; Gerasimov, Roman; Gonzales, Eileen C.; Hsu, Chih-Chun; Kamraj, Nikita; Kiman, Rocio; Rees, Jon; etal. (2021). "The Field Substellar Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of 525 L, T, and Y Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 253 (1): 7. arXiv:2011.11616. Bibcode:2021ApJS..253....7K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd107. S2CID227126954.
Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gelino, Christopher R.; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Meisner, Aaron M.; Caselden, Dan; Schneider, Adam C.; Marocco, Federico; Cayago, Alfred J.; Smart, R. L.; Eisenhardt, Peter R.; Kuchner, Marc J. (2021). "The Field Substellar Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of 525 L, T, and y Dwarfs". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 253 (1): 7. arXiv:2011.11616. Bibcode:2021ApJS..253....7K. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/abd107. S2CID227126954.
Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Tinney, C. G.; Skemer, Andrew; Monson, Andrew J. (August 2014). "Indications of Water Clouds in the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 793 (1): L16. arXiv:1408.4671. Bibcode:2014ApJ...793L..16F. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/793/1/L16. S2CID119246100.
Beichman, C.; Gelino, Christopher R.; etal. (2014). "WISE Y Dwarfs As Probes of the Brown Dwarf-Exoplanet Connection". The Astrophysical Journal. 783 (2): 68. arXiv:1401.1194. Bibcode:2014ApJ...783...68B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/68. S2CID119302072. (Note: WISE 0855−0714 is not mentioned in this paper; it is about other Y-type objects discovered by WISE.)
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