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techniques: high angular resolution
binaries: visual
astrometry
stars: low-mass
stars: pre-main sequence
stars: individual: TWA 22
stars: individual: GJ 2060
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar
Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract:
Context. Evolutionary models are widely used to infer the mass of stars, brown dwarfs, and giant planets. Their predictions are thought to be less reliable at young ages (< 200 Myr) and in the low-mass regime (< 1 M☉). GJ 2060 AB and TWA 22 AB are two rare astrometric M-dwarf binaries, respectively members of the AB Doradus (AB Dor) and Beta Pictoris (β Pic) moving groups. As their dynamical mass can be measured to within a few years, they can be used to calibrate the evolutionary tracks and set new constraints on the age of young moving groups.
Aims: We provide the first dynamical mass measurement of