Six new planets from the Keck precision velocity survey

Citation
Ss. Vogt et al., Six new planets from the Keck precision velocity survey, ASTROPHYS J, 536(2), 2000, pp. 902-914
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
536
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Part
1
Pages
902 - 914
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(20000620)536:2<902:SNPFTK>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report results of a search for planets around 530 main-sequence stars us ing the Keck HIRES spectrometer, which has provided Doppler precision of 3 m s(-1) during the past 3 yr. We report six new strong planet candidates ha ving complete Keplerian orbits, with periods ranging from 24 days to 3 yr. These are HD 10697, HD 37124, HD 134987, HD 177830, HD 192263, and HD 22258 2. We also provide updated orbital parameters for the previously announced planets around HD 187123, HD 195019, HD 201277, and HD 217107. Four of the six newly discovered planets have minimum ill sin i. masses less than 2 M-J UP, while the remaining two have M sin i - 5 M-JUP. The distribution of pla netary masses continues to exhibit a rise toward lower masses. The orbital eccentricities of the new planets range from 0.12 to 0.71, which also conti nues the ubiquity of high eccentricities. All 17 known extrasolar planets o rbiting beyond 0.2 AU have eccentricities greater than similar to 0.1. The current limiting Doppler precision of the Keck Doppler survey is 3 m s(-1) per observation as determined from observations of both stable stars and re siduals to Keplerian fits.