Dynamical Masses of Young M Dwarfs: Masses and Orbital Parameters of Gj 3305 Ab, the Wide Binary Companion to the Imaged Exoplanet Host 51 Eri

Abstract

We combine new high resolution imaging and spectroscopy from Keck/NIRC2, Discovery Channel Telescope/DSSI, and Keck/HIRES with published astrometry and radial velocities to measure individual masses and orbital elements of the GJ 3305 AB system, a young (~20 Myr) M+M binary (unresolved spectral type M0) member of the β Pictoris moving group comoving with the imaged exoplanet host 51 Eri. We measure a total system mass of 1.11 ± 0.04 ${M}{\odot }$, a period of 29.03 ± 0.50 year, a semimajor axis of 9.78 ± 0.14 AU, and an eccentricity of 0.19 ± 0.02. The primary component has a dynamical mass of 0.67 ± 0.05 ${M}{\odot }$ and the secondary has a mass of 0.44 ± 0.05 ${M}_{\odot }$. The recently updated BHAC15 models are consistent with the masses of both stars to within $1.5\sigma .$ Given the observed masses the models predict an age of the GJ 3305 AB system of 37 ± 9 Myr. Based on the observed system architecture and our dynamical mass measurement, it is unlikely that the orbit of 51 Eri b has been significantly altered by the Kozai–Lidov mechanism.