Discovery of a binary brown dwarf at 2 pc from the sun

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 767, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Luhman, K L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brown dwarfs; infrared: stars; proper motions; solar neighborhood; stars: low mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875777266     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/767/1/L1     Document Type: Article

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