CT Chamaeleontis

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CT Chamaeleontis
File:CT Cha B MIRI.jpg
CT Chamaeleontis and its companion (faint object on the upper right near the star)
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA JWST; Ya-Lin Wu et al.; processing: Meli_thev
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.31 to 12.43[2]
Characteristics
A
Evolutionary stage T Tauri star
Spectral type K7 Ve[3]
Variable type INB[2]
b
Spectral type M8–L0[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[5] km/s
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Parallax (π)5.2144±0.0211 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
(Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Position (relative to CT Chamaeleontis)
Componentb
Epoch of observation2006–2007
Angular distance2.670 [4]
Position angle300.7° [4]
Projected separation~440 AU [4]
Details[4][6]
A
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TemperatureScript error: No such module "val". K
AgeScript error: No such module "val".[4] Myr
b
MassScript error: No such module "val".[4] MJup
RadiusScript error: No such module "val". RJup
Luminosity0.002 Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)3.5 cgs
TemperatureScript error: No such module "val".[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
AgeScript error: No such module "val".[4] Myr
Other designations
CT Cha, 2MASS J11040909-7627193, IRAS 11027-7611, NSV 5081, WDS J11042-7627AB
Database references
SIMBADdata
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CT Chamaeleontis (CT Cha) is a T Tauri star - a primary of the star system in the constellation of Chamaeleon.[8] It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 12.31 and 12.43.[2] The star is still accreting material at rate Script error: No such module "val"./year.[7]

Cuno Hoffmeister discovered that CT Chamaeleontis is a variable star in 1962.[9] It was given its variable star designation in 1981.[10]

Planetary system/Brown dwarf

File:CTChaLightCurve.png
A visual band light curve for CT Chamaeleontis, plotted from ASAS data[11]

In 2006 and 2007, a faint companion was observed 2.7 arcseconds away from CT Chamaeleontis, using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory. Since the object shares common proper motion with CT Chamaeleontis, it is believed to be physically close to the star, with a projected separation of approximately 440 astronomical units. It is estimated to have a mass of approximately 17 Jupiter masses and is probably a brown dwarf or a planet.[4] The companion has been either designated as CT Chamaeleontis b[12] or as CT Chamaeleontis B, sometimes erroneously as low-mass star.[13] The companion was proven to be most likely in the brown dwarf mass range in 2015.[7]

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References

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  2. a b c CT Cha, database entry, The combined table of GCVS Vols I-III and NL 67-78 with improved coordinates, General Catalogue of Variable Stars Template:Webarchive, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line October 1, 2008.
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  8. V* CT Cha -- T Tau-type Star, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line October 1, 2008.
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  13. NAME CT Cha B -- Extra-solar Planet Candidate, database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line October 1, 2008.
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