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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 659, Issue 1, Pages L49-L52Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/516710
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binaries : general; stars : individual (2MASS J012655.49-502238.8, 2MASS J012702.83-502321.1); stars : low-mass, brown dwarfs
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We report the discovery of a very low mass binary system ( primary mass < 0.1M(circle dot)) with a projected separation of similar to 5100 AU, more than twice that of the widest previously known system. A spectrum covering the 1 - 2.5 mu m wavelength interval at is R similar to 1700 presented for each component. Analysis of the spectra indicates spectral types of M6.5 V and M8 V, and the photometric distance of the system is similar to 62 pc. Given that previous studies have established that no more than 1% of very low mass binary systems have orbits larger than 20 AU, the existence of such a wide system has a bearing on very low mass star formation and evolution models.
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