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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 400, Issue 1, Pages 297-302Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030006
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stars : low-mass, brown dwarfs; stars : fundamental parameters; stars : kinematics; stars : individual : LP 944-20
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A reliable age estimation for the field brown dwarf LP 944-20 is accomplished through the analysis of its kinematic properties. The space velocities of this star strongly suggest its membership in the so-called Castor moving group. LP 944-20 can be sensibly assumed to have the group's age, which is estimated to be similar to320 Myr, and metal content, which is found to be roughly solar. With these new constrains and the available photometry and lithium abundance, current brown dwarf models are put to a test. Using the IR magnitudes and the lithium diagnostics, the models are able to provide a reasonable description of the brown dwarf's properties (to within a few sigma) but yield an age which is roughly 50% larger than our estimate. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.
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