Table 4: Absolute magnitudes of AB Pic b compared to evolutionary model predictions (Burrows et al. 1997; Baraffe et al. 2002; B. Macintosh & T. Barman, private communication).
Model Age Mass $T_{{\rm eff}}$ MJ MH MK
  (Myr) ( $M_{{\rm Jup}}$) (K) (mag) (mag) (mag)
AB Pic b 30     12.80 11.37 10.76
Burrows* 30.4 13 1513 12.8 11.9 11.2
  30.4 14 1856 11.5 10.7 10.1
DUSTY * 30 13 1594 14.0 12.2 11.0
  30 14 1764 12.8 11.5 10.5
  20 13 1672 13.2 11.7 10.7
  40 14 1701 13.3 11.8 10.7
* The gravity factor log (g) is respectively equal to 4.0
  and 4.1 for the Burrows and DUSTY models.

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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Observations
3 Companionship confirmation
4 Spectral type determination
5 Temperature and mass determination
6 Gravitational collapse or core accretion?
References
List of tables
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