New Members of the TW Hydrae Association, β Pictoris Moving Group, and Tucana/Horologium Association

Song, Inseok; Zuckerman, B; Bessell, Michael

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New Members of the TW Hydrae Association, β Pictoris Moving Group, and Tucana/Horologium Association

Date

2003

Authors

Song, Inseok

Zuckerman, B

Bessell, Michael

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We have identified five new members of the TW Hydrae association (TWA), 11 new members of the β Pic moving group, and 11 new Tucana/Horologium association members. These are the three youngest (≲30 Myr) known kinematic stellar groups near the Earth. Ne