Bibcode
DOI
Niedzielski, A.; Konacki, M.; Wolszczan, A.; Nowak, G.; Maciejewski, G.; Gelino, C. R.; Shao, M.; Shetrone, M.; Ramsey, L. W.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 2, pp. 1354-1358.
Fecha de publicación:
11
2007
Revista
Número de citas
100
Número de citas referidas
79
Descripción
We report the discovery of a substellar-mass companion to the K0 giant
HD 17092 with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope. In the absence of any
correlation of the observed 360 day periodicity with the standard
indicators of stellar activity, the observed radial velocity variations
are most plausibly explained in terms of a Keplerian motion of a
planetary-mass body around the star. As the estimated stellar mass is
2.3 Msolar, the minimum mass of the planet is 4.6
MJ. The planet's orbit is characterized by a mild
eccentricity of e=0.17 and a semimajor axis of 1.3 AU. This is the tenth
published detection of a planetary companion around a red giant star.
Such discoveries add to our understanding of planet formation around
intermediate-mass stars, and they provide dynamical information on the
evolution of planetary systems around post-main-sequence stars.