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April 3, 2026Astronomy Reports0 citations

Kinematics of Brown Dwarfs in the Solar Vicinity

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EPE. S. PostnikovaMSM. D. SizovaTKT. Bugra Keskin

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  • The aim is to understand the kinematics of brown dwarfs near the Solar System by examining their orbits and distribution.
  • Compiled a list of brown dwarfs from a catalog with spatial coordinates and velocity components (n = 13).
  • Performed numerical calculations of the brown dwarfs' orbits using a classical galaxy model.
  • Analyzed the distribution of orbital eccentricity and Zmax for the listed brown dwarfs.
  • Most brown dwarfs showed orbital eccentricity in the range of e = 0.04–0.16, suggesting a uniform age and shared kinematic characteristics.
  • Gaia EDR3 ID 1589250088362827776 had a higher eccentricity (e = 0.41), indicating a possible halo membership.
  • The majority of brown dwarfs belong to the 'thin' disk population, with Zmax values less than 600 pc.

Abstract

The list of brown dwarfs (BD) for which spatial coordinate and velocity components were found (n = 13) was compiled using the catalog (Reylé et al. 2021, r < 10 pc from the Sun). Numerical calculations of the orbits of the BD in our list were performed using the classical galaxy model. The distribution of the majority of BD in our list in terms of orbital eccentricity (e) were in the narrow range e = 0.04–0.16, which indicates a relatively uniform age of most objects and their belonging to the same kinematic subsystem. An exception is the object Gaia EDR3 ID 1589250088362827776, the kinematics of which (e = 0.41) indicates that it possibly belongs to a halo. The Zmax distribution showed that the overwhelming majority of BD in our list are part of the “thin” disk population with Zmax < 600 pc. The study is partially based on a talk presented at the Modern Stellar Astronomy 2025 conference.

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Postnikova et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5d4e5a333a821460b004https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063772925702452
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