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TOI-2155 b: A Massive Brown Dwarf or a Very Low-mass Star?

  • Authors: Md Redyan Ahmed, Tansu Daylan, Theron W. Carmichael, Sarah L. Casewell, Anita Hafner, Jaime A. Alvarado-Montes, Allyson Bieryla, Samuel N. Quinn, Michael Calkins, Karen A. Collins, Cristilyn N. Watkins, Keivan G. Stassun, Boris S. Safonov, Maria V. Goliguzova, Giuseppe Marino, Dennis M. Conti, Peter Tuthill

Md Redyan Ahmed et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 172 .

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Caption: Figure 13.

Orbital period–mass diagram for transiting BDs (circles) and low-mass stars (star symbols), color-coded by orbital eccentricity. TOI-2155 b is highlighted with a red X. The shaded regions indicate the approximate transition regimes corresponding to the deuterium-burning limit (∼11–16.3 MJ) and the hydrogen-burning boundary (∼66–81.7 MJ), while the dotted horizontal line at 100 days illustrates the transition between short- and long-period systems. A trend emerges where longer-period objects tend to exhibit higher eccentricities, consistent with less efficient tidal circularization. In contrast, short-period BDs like TOI-2155 b typically occupy the low-eccentricity regime. High-mass BDs exhibit a broad range of eccentricities, underscoring the diversity of their dynamical histories and potential formation pathways.

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