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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 system of a white dwarf and a brown dwarf of spectral types DA4[2] + L4,[3] located in constellation Boötes at approximately 103 light-years from Earth.[3] GD 165 B remained the only brown dwarf companion of a white dwarf until the discovery of GD 1400 B, which was discovered 17 years later.[9]

Nomenclature and observation

"GD" means "Giclas Dwarf".[10]

The component GD 165 B was discovered in 1988 by Becklin and Zuckerman.[11] It is the first L-type brown dwarf, and in general, the first dwarf cooler than M dwarfs[12] discovered, but it was not recognized as a brown dwarf until the 1990s, when other such objects were found, starting from Gliese 229 B in 1995.[13][14]

Initially it was tentatively assigned spectral type ≥M10, but in 1999 Kirkpatrick et al. established new spectral types L and T for newly discovered objects cooler than M-type stars, and GD 165 B was reclassified L4.[3]

Distance

As of 1999 the most precise distance estimate of GD 165 was the YPC trigonometric parallax, published by van Altena et al. in 1995: 31.7 ± 2.5 mas, corresponding to a distance 31.5+2.7
−2.3 pc, or 102.9+8.8
−7.5 ly.[3] In 2018 ESA's Gaia satellite measured the parallax of the system with high precision.[5]

GD 165 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Ref.
van Altena et al. (1995) 31.7 ± 2.5 31.5+2.7
−2.3		 102.9+8.8
−7.5		 [3]
Tinney et al. (1995) 25.4 ± 7.4 39.4+16.2
−8.9		 128.4+52.8
−29.0		 [15][1]
Gaia Collaboration (2018) 29.9335 ± 0.0559 33.4 109 [5]

Physical properties

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

The white dwarf GD 165 A is classical ZZ Ceti variable with a temperature of about 12 100 K and a mass of 0.64 M☉.[6]

GD 165 B has a temperature of about 1750 K and a mass of about 63 MJ.[8] Like all L-dwarfs GD 165 B lacks the dominant titanium oxide seen in warmer M dwarfs. The depletion of titanium oxide is caused by the formation of perovskite grains in the photospheres of L-dwarfs.[16] Lithium is not detected in the spectrum of this L-dwarf, but considering the age of the system and the mass of the brown dwarf, any lithium should be destroyed, whether GD 165 B is a brown dwarf or not.[7]

See also

The other later than M brown dwarfs, discovered before 1998:

Nakajima et al. (1995):[14]

Kirkpatrick et al. (1997):[2]

Delfosse et al. (1997):[18]

Ruiz et al. (1997):[19]

References

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  2. ^ a b c 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 h i j k 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.
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