Teide 1

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name = Teide 1Starbox observe
epoch = J2000.0
constell = Taurus
ra = RA|3|47|18.0
dec = DEC|+24|22|31
appmag_v = 17.76 Starbox character
class = M8
r-i = ?
v-r = ?
b-v = ?
u-b = ?
variable = ? Starbox astrometry
radial_v = ?
prop_mo_ra = ?
prop_mo_dec = ?
parallax = 8.40
p_error = ?
dist_ly = 400
dist_pc = 120
absmag_v = 12.38 Starbox detail
age = 120 million
metal = ?
mass = 0.052
radius = 0.22
gravity = 6.6
rotation = ?
luminosity = 0.001
temperature = 2200 Teide 1 was the first brown dwarf to be verified in 1995. This brown dwarf is located in Pleiades open star cluster located approximately 400 light years from Earth.

The apparent magnitude of this faint object is 17.76, which is so faint that it can only be visible through a telescope. If it was placed 10 parsecs from our home planet, it would appear 70 times brighter (absolute magnitude 12.38) than if it were located at a distance of about 120 parsecs.

This object is more massive than planets (55 M_J), but it is less massive than stars (0.052 M_S). The radius of the brown dwarf is twice that of Jupiter or one-fifths that of the Sun. Its surface temperature is only 2200 K, which is less than half that of our Sun. Its luminosity is 0.1% that of our Sun, meaning if the amount of radiation emitted by the Sun for four hours, it would take six months for Teide 1 to emit this much radiation. The age is only 120 million years (or 3.8 petaseconds) which is only 3% as old as our local star.

This brown dwarf is hot enough to fuse lithium in its core, but not hot enough to fuse hydrogen like our own star.

It is unlikely that it would support life on any potential planets because the brown dwarf is so faint and cool. In fact, Teide 1 will have temperature as little as 1700 K in one billion years hence.

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