WISE 1217+1626

WISEPC J121756.91+162640.2

WISE 1217+1626 with the T9 labelled as A and the Y0 labelled as B
Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble; Jenny Patience et al. (Processing: Meli_thev)
Observation data
Epoch MJD 55549.01      Equinox J2000
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 17m 56.96s
Declination +16° 26 40.0
Characteristics
Whole system
Apparent magnitude (Y (MKO)18.38±0.04
Apparent magnitude (J (2MASS)>18.52
Apparent magnitude (J (MKO)17.83±0.02
Apparent magnitude (H (2MASS)>17.50
Apparent magnitude (H (MKO)18.18±0.05
Apparent magnitude (KS (2MASS)>16.64
Apparent magnitude (K (MKO)18.80±0.04
Component A
Spectral typeT8.5
Apparent magnitude (Y (MKO)18.59±0.04
Apparent magnitude (J (MKO)17.98±0.02
Apparent magnitude (H (MKO)18.31±0.05
Apparent magnitude (K (MKO)18.94±0.04
Component B
Spectral typeY0-0.5
Apparent magnitude (Y (MKO)20.26±0.04
Apparent magnitude (J (MKO)20.08±0.03
Apparent magnitude (H (MKO)20.51±0.06
Apparent magnitude (K (MKO)21.10±0.12
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 754.9±1.2 mas/yr
Dec.: −1249.8±1.8 mas/yr
Parallax (π)107.4±3.5 mas
Distance30.4 ± 1.0 ly
(9.3 ± 0.3 pc)
Orbit
PrimaryA
CompanionB
Period (P)130+230
30
yr
Details
Component A
Mass30 MJup
Luminosity (bolometric)10−5.95 ± 0.18 L
Surface gravity (log g)5.07±0.05 cgs
Temperature575±25 K
Age6±2 Gyr
Component B
Mass22 MJup
Luminosity (bolometric)10−6.79 ± 0.18 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.77±0.05 cgs
Temperature450±50 K
Position (relative to A)
ComponentB
Epoch of observationUT 2012 January 29
Angular distance758.2±1.4 mas
Position angle14.50±0.13°
Projected separation~ 8 AU
Other designations
WISEPC J121756.91+162640.2
WISE J1217+1626
WISE 1217+1626
WISE J1217+1626AB, WISE J121756.90+162640.8
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

WISEPC J121756.91+162640.2 (designation abbreviated to WISE 1217+1626, or WISE J1217+1626) is a binary brown dwarf system of spectral classes T9 + Y0, located in constellation Coma Berenices at approximately 30.4 light-years from Earth.