Bibcode
Martín, E. L.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Barrado Y Navascués, D.; Béjar, V. J. S.; Caballero, J. A.; Rebolo, R.; Eisloffel, J.; Mundt, R.
Bibliographical reference
Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 321, held 30 June - 4 July 2003, Institut D'Astrophysique de Paris, France. Edited by Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs and Caroline Terquem. ISBN: 1-58381-183-4, 2004, p.193
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2004
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2
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Description
We report on our ongoing efforts to probe for extrasolar giant planets
in the Sigma Orionis open cluster. With an age of about 3 Myr, a
distance of about 440 pc and very low reddening, this cluster provides a
privileged hunting ground for brown dwarfs and superplanets. Several L
dwarfs and one T dwarf have been identified in the cluster. Assuming
cluster membership, their masses, estimated from evolutionary models,
range from 15 to 3 Jupiter masses. These objects appear to be numerous,
indicating that superplanets could be more abundant free floating in
interstellar space than in orbits around normal stars.