Discovery of an ~23 M Jup Brown Dwarf Orbiting ~700 AU from the Massive Star HIP 78530 in Upper Scorpius

Year-Month2011-03
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
AuthorLafrenière, D., Jayawardhana, R., Janson, M., Helling, C., Witte, S., and Hauschildt, P.
Bibcode2011ApJ...730...42L
TelescopeGN
InstrumentNIRI+ALTAIR/NIFS+ALTAIR
ParticipantCA
First author participant affiliationCanada
Any author participant affiliationsCanada/UK
Program IDGN-2008A-Q-45, GN-2008A-DD-8, GN-2009A-Q-20, GN-2009A-DD-3, GN-2009A-DD-4, GN-2010A-Q-18

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