Oceanus moving group

The Oceanus Moving Group is a stellar association located around 2-50 parsecs from the Sun in the constellation of Vela. It is roughly 510 million years old and contains 50 members, including Luhman 16, a binary system of brown dwarfs notable for being nearest to Earth.[1] It is also one of the nearest young moving groups currently identified, making it valuable for the study of exoplanets and substellar members.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mamajek, Eric E. (2013-03-24). "On the Nearby Binary Brown Dwarf WISE J104915.57-531906.1 (Luhman 16)". arXiv:1303.5345 [astro-ph.SR].
  2. ^ Gagné, Jonathan; Moranta, Leslie; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Kiman, Rocio; Couture, Dominic; Larochelle, Arnaud René; Popinchalk, Mark; Morrone, Daniella (2023-02-07). "The Oceanus Moving Group: A New 500 Myr Old Host for the Nearest Brown Dwarf". The Astrophysical Journal. 945 (2): 119. arXiv:2208.00070. Bibcode:2023ApJ...945..119G. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acb8b7.
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