  The HH 24 MMS protostellar system was observed in the 6.9 mm continuum with a
high angular resolution (0.5"). HH 24 MMS was resolved into two sources. The
separation between sources 1 and 2 is ~0.9" or 360 AU. The spectral energy
distribution suggests that the 6.9 mm flux is almost entirely from dust. The
6.9 mm image and the spectrum suggest that HH 24 MMS may be a protostellar
binary system. Total mass including the accretion disks and the inner
protostellar envelope is ~1.4 Msun. Disk masses of sources 1 and 2 are 0.6 and
0.3 Msun, respectively. Both sources are highly elongated. The difference in
the position angle of the two disks is ~45 degree, which means that HH 24 MMS
is a highly misaligned protobinary system. The misalignment suggests that
turbulent fragmentation may be the formation mechanism relevant to the binary
systems with a separation of a few hundreds of AU, such as the HH 24 MMS
system.
