UGPS J072227.51−054031.2

UGPS J072227.51−054031.2 (designation often abbreviated to UGPS 0722−05) is a sub-brown dwarf or rogue planet of late T type, located approximately 4.1 parsecs (13 light-years) from Earth.

UGPS J072227.51−054031.2

UGPS 0722−05 Location of UGPS 0722−05 in the constellation Monoceros
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Monoceros[1]
Right ascension	07h 22m 27.29s[2]
Declination	−05° 40′ 30.0″[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type	T9[3]
Apparent magnitude (i (AB SDSS))	24.32±0.12[4]
Apparent magnitude (z)	20.51±0.09[2][5]
Apparent magnitude (Y)	17.37±0.02[2]
Apparent magnitude (J)	16.52±0.02[2]
Apparent magnitude (H)	16.90±0.02[2]
Apparent magnitude (K)	17.07±0.08[2]
Apparent magnitude (L')	13.4±0.3[2]
Apparent magnitude (N)	10.28±0.24[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	46.9±2.5[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −904.14±1.71 mas/yr[4] Dec.: +352.025±1.21 mas/yr[4]
Parallax (π)	242.8±2.4 mas[4]
Distance	13.4 ± 0.1 ly (4.12 ± 0.04 pc)[4]
Details
Mass	3 – 11[4] MJup
Radius	1.02±0.10[6] RJup
Luminosity (bolometric)	6.31+0.45 −0.28×10−7[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	(4.39±0.01) – (4.90±0.01)‍[7] cgs
Temperature	505±10[4] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	40±10[5] km/s
Age	0.06 to 1[4] Gyr
Other designations
WISEPA J072227.27−054029.9,[8] GJ 11075[9]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

The object is roughly the volume of Jupiter,^[6] but is estimated to have 3–11 Jupiter masses (M_J).^[4] This would make it less massive than ε Indi Ba. Planets typically have a mass of less than about 13 Jupiter masses. Infrared spectra shows the object contains water vapor and methane and has a surface temperature of approximately 480–560 kelvins.^[2]

History of observations

Near-infrared discovery image of UGPS J0722-05

UGPS 0722-05 was discovered by Philip Lucas at the University of Hertfordshire and announced in 2010. The discovery image was taken on 28 November 2006 by the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) with a recovery image confirming the object's proper motion on 2 March 2010.^[2]

It was initially reported to be at an even closer distance of 2.9 parsecs (9.5 light-years), which would have placed it among the ten nearest astronomical objects to the Sun,^[10] but later measurements revealed that the object was in fact located at a greater distance than initially thought, at 4.1+0.6
−0.5 parsecs (13.4+2.0
−1.6 light-years).^[2]

Space motion

UGPS 0722−05 has proper motion of about 970 milliarcseconds per year.^[4]

Radial velocity of UGPS 0722-05, measured by Bochanski et al. and published in 2011, is 46.9±2.5 km/s.^{[5][~ 1]}

Notes

1. Positive value of radial velocity indicates that UGPS 0722−05 currently moves away from us. A significant excess of radial velocity (46.9 km/s) over tangential velocity (19 km/s) indicates that UGPS 0722-05 was much closer to us in past (assuming proper motion and parallax from Leggett et al. (2012), minimal distance from Solar system to UGPS 0722-05 was 5.0 ly about 72000 BC, and probably it was one of the nearest Solar neighbors at the time).