2M1510 AB, a pair of brown dwarfs with an exoplanet in a perpendicular orbit

Eso_eso2508b_1024

eso_eso2508b April 16th, 2025

Credit: DESI Legacy Survey/D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)

This image, taken in visible light, shows 2M1510 AB, a pair of brown dwarfs orbiting each other. The two brown dwarfs, A and B, are seen as a single source in this image, but we know there are two of them because they periodically eclipse each other. When monitoring their orbits, astronomers found perturbations that can only be explained by the gravitational tug of an exoplanet circling both brown dwarfs in a perpendicular orbit. This system contains a third brown dwarf, 2M1510 C, which is located too far away to be responsible for these perturbations.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2508b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
2M1510 (AB) b
Subject - Milky Way
Planet
Star > Type > Brown Dwarf
Eso_eso2508b_1280
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ID
eso2508b
Subject Category
B.1   B.3.2.3  
Subject Name
2M1510 (AB) b
Credits
DESI Legacy Survey/D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)
Release Date
2025-04-16T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2508b/
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Observation
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Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
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1234.0, 1234.0
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
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Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
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None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso2508b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2508b.tif
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Metadata Date
2025-04-03T10:10:52+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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