Discovery of a bright field methane (T-type) brown dwarf by 2mass

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1100-1105

  Burgasser, Adam J ^a   Wilson, John C ^b   Kirkpatrick, J Davy ^c   Skrutskie, Michael F ^d   Colonno, Michael R ^b   Enos, Alan T ^b   Smith, J D ^b   Henderson, Charles P ^b   Gizis, John E ^c   Brown, Michael E ^e   Houck, James R ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared radiation; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual (2MASSI J0559191 140448); Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001666270     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301475     Document Type: Article

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