Luhman 16 (star)
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| Luhman 16 A | |
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| Spectral | L7.5 |
| Type | Brown Dwarf |
| Multiple | Binary |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Temperature | 1350° K |
| Mass | 0.045 (= 47.1 MJ) MSol |
| Companion | Luhman 16 B |
| Luhman 16 B | |
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| Spectral | T0.5 |
| Type | Brown Dwarf |
| Multiple | Companion |
| Luminosity | LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | |
| Temperature | 1210° K |
| Mass | 0.040 (= 41.9 MJ) MSol |
| Companion | Luhman 16 A |
The brown dwarf Luhman 16 (otherwise known as WISE 1049−5319 or WISE J104915.57-531906.1) is a binary brown dwarf system that lies very close to the Sol star system.
Description
The Luhman 16 system is a pair of brown dwarfs of spectral types L7.5 (of pinkish color) and T0.5 (of cerise-magenta color) that orbit each other with a period of about 25 years at a separation of about 3AU.
- Luhman 16 is the nearest star/brown-dwarf system to the Alpha Centauri system (See: Prometheus), at 1.097 pc distance, though it is the third closest system to Sol, at 1.998 pc distance (after Alpha Centauri and Barnard's Star).
- The Luhman 16 system lies approximately 2.0pc from Terra, and is located in a Rimtrailing/Trailing direction from Terra at bearing 285.2o Galactic Longitude and +05.3o North Galactic Latitude.
- It lies roughly rimward/rimtrailing of Alpha Centauri.
History and Background
The system at Luhman 16 is believed to contain three planets, but hasn't attracted much interest as either a waypoint for FTL travel or as a place of habitation due to poor predicted environmental conditions.
References and Contributors
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- EXTERNAL LINK: 'SIMBAD @ University of Strasbourg: [1]
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- Author & Contributor: WHULorigan
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science