Formerly an IAU radial velocity standard, this star was found to have a variable radial velocity due to a suspected orbiting companion.[8] The a sin i value for the unseen object is 0.0957 ± 0.0108 AU (14.31 ± 1.62 Gm),[4] where a is the semimajor axis and i is the orbital inclination – providing a lower bound for the semimajor axis. The secondary object most likely has a mass in the range 41.0–97.8 MJ, making it a probable brown dwarf.[10]
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^ abMazeh; Latham, David W.; Stefanik, Robert P. (1996). "Spectroscopic Orbits for Three Binaries with Low-Mass Companions and the Distribution of Secondary Masses near the Substellar Limit". Astrophysical Journal. 466: 415–427. Bibcode:1996ApJ...466..415M. CiteSeerX10.1.1.30.5905. doi:10.1086/177521.
^ abReffert, S.; Quirrenbach, A. (March 2011). "Mass constraints on substellar companion candidates from the re-reduced Hipparcos intermediate astrometric data: nine confirmed planets and two confirmed brown dwarfs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 527: 22. arXiv:1101.2227. Bibcode:2011A&A...527A.140R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015861. S2CID54986291. A140.