Three red giants with substellar-mass companions
Authors:
Niedzielski et al
Abstract:
We present three giant stars from the ongoing Penn State-Toru\'n Planet Search with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, which exhibit radial velocity variations that point to a presence of planetary --mass companions around them. BD+49 828 is a M=1.52±0.22 M⊙ K0 giant with a msini=1.6+0.4−0.2 MJ minimum mass companion in a=4.2+0.32−0.2 AU (2590+300−180d), e=0.35+0.24−0.10 orbit. HD 95127, a logL/L⊙=2.28±0.38, R=20±9 R⊙, M=1.20±0.22 M⊙ K0 giant has a msini=5.01+0.61−0.44 MJ minimum mass companion in a=1.28+0.01−0.01 AU (482+5−5d), e=0.11+0.15−0.06 orbit. Finally, HD 216536, is a M=1.36±0.38 M⊙ K0 giant with a msini=1.47+0.20−0.12 MJ minimum mass companion in a=0.609+0.002−0.002 AU (148.6+0.7−0.7d), e=0.38+0.12−0.10 orbit. Both, HD 95127 b and HD 216536 b in their compact orbits, are very close to the engulfment zone and hence prone to ingestion in the near future. BD+49 828 b is among the longest period planets detected with the radial velocity technique until now and it will remain unaffected by stellar evolution up to a very late stage of its host. We discuss general properties of planetary systems around evolved stars and planet survivability using existing data on exoplanets in more detail.
Friday, February 13, 2015
BD+49 828b, HD 95127b & HD 216536b: Three Giant ExoPlanets Orbting Red Giants
Labels:
BD+49 828b,
dying host star,
gas giant,
giant planets,
giant stars,
HD 216536b,
HD 95127b,
red giant host star
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