Two objects in the Epsilon Indi system at the limit between star and brown dwarf
An article published in the journal “The Astrophysical Journal” describes a research on the brown dwarfs in the Epsilon Indi system in connection with the mass limits for this type of objects. A team of researchers combined the data obtained from various observations to re-estimate the two brown dwarfs masses, which were found to be 75.0 ± 0.82 and 70.1 ± 0.68 times the mass of the planet Jupiter. These are much higher masses than previous estimates and at least the largest one has a mass that according to the theoretical models is that of a star offering new information to understand where are the limits between these objects.
