A new free-floating planet in the Upper Scorpius association
K. Pe\~na Ram\'irez, V. J. S. B\'ejar, M. R. Zapatero Osorio

TL;DR
This paper reports the discovery of a new free-floating planetary-mass object in the Upper Scorpius association, identified through deep photometric and spectroscopic analysis, extending the known population of substellar objects in this region.
Contribution
The study presents the first identification and spectroscopic confirmation of a very low-mass free-floating planet in Upper Scorpius, using combined photometric, astrometric, and near-infrared spectroscopy methods.
Findings
Discovery of a new planetary-mass object UScoJ155150.2-213457
Spectral type determined as L6±1 with a mass of 0.008-0.010 M_sun
Object is one of the least massive members in Upper Scorpius
Abstract
We report on a deep photometric survey covering an area of 1.17 deg in the young Upper Scorpius stellar association using VIMOS and UKIDSS data taking several years apart. The search for the least massive population of Upper Scorpius (5-10 Myr, 145 pc) is performed on the basis of various optical and infrared color-color and color-magnitude diagrams, including WISE photometry, in the magnitude interval =14.5-19 mag (completeness), which corresponds to substellar masses from 0.028 through 0.004 M at the age and distance of Upper Scorpius. We also present the proper motion analysis of the photometric candidates, finding that two objects successfully pass all photometric and astrometric criteria for membership in the young stellar association. One of them, UScoJ155150.2213457, is a new discovery. We obtained low resolution, near-infrared spectroscopy…
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