A candidate planetary-mass object with a photoevaporating disk in Orion

Abstract

In this work, we report the discovery of a candidate planetary-mass object with a photoevaporating protoplanetary disk, Proplyd 133-353, which is near the massive star ${\theta }^1$ Ori C at the center of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). The object was known to have extended emission pointing away from ${\theta }^1$ Ori C, indicating ongoing external photoevaporation. Our near-infrared spectroscopic data suggests that the central source of Proplyd 133-353 is substellar ($\sim$M9.5), might have a mass probably less than 13 Jupiter mass and an age younger than 0.5 Myr. Proplyd 133-353 shows a similar ratio of X-ray luminosity to stellar luminosity to other young stars in the ONC with a similar stellar luminosity, and has a similar proper motion to the mean one of confirmed ONC members. We propose that Proplyd 133-353 was formed in a very low-mass dusty cloud near ${\theta }^1$ Ori C as a second-generation of star formation, which can explain both its young age and the presence of its disk.

arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJL

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