WD1032 + 011, an inflated brown dwarf in an old eclipsing binary with a white dwarf
We present the discovery of only the third brown dwarf known to eclipse a non-accreting white dwarf. Gaia parallax information and multicolour photometry confirm that the white dwarf is cool (9950 ± 150 K) and has a low mass (0.45 ± 0.05 M ☉), and spectra and light curves suggest the brown dwarf has a mass of 0.067 ± 0.006 M ☉ (70M Jup) and a
Casewell, S. L. et al.
Fecha de publicación:
9
2020