Planetary companions to the metal-rich stars BD-10 degrees 3166 and HD 52265

Citation
Rp. Butler et al., Planetary companions to the metal-rich stars BD-10 degrees 3166 and HD 52265, ASTROPHYS J, 545(1), 2000, pp. 504-511
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
545
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Part
1
Pages
504 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(200012)545:1<504:PCTTMS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Precise Doppler measurements from the Keck/HIRES spectrometer reveal period ic Keplerian velocity variations in the stars BD -10 degrees 3166 and HD 52 265. BD -10 degrees 3166 (K0 V) has a period of 3.487 days and a semiamplit ude of 61 m s(-1). An orbital fit yields a companion mass M sin i = 0.48 M- JUP, a semi-major axis of a = 0.046 AU, and an eccentricity of e = 0.05 (co nsistent with zero). HD 52265 (G0 V) has a period of 119.0 days, a semiampl itude of 45 m s(-1), an eccentricity of 0.29, a semimajor axis of a = 0.49 AU, and companion mass M sin i = 1.13 M-JUP. Both of these stars are metal- rich and chromospherically inactive. The mean metallicity of the 33 stars t hat have detected planets is significantly greater than that of typical sta rs in the solar neighborhood. We present a catalog of the 35 extrasolar pla nets known to date, with updated orbits and M sin i values. Photometry of BD -10 degrees 3166 was obtained with an automated telescope to search for transits. No transits were found, indicating that the inclina tion of the orbit i is less than and sin i is less than 84 degrees .3 0.995 . The photometry also reveals no photometric variability larger than 0.0008 +/- 0.0009 mag at the orbital period of the planet. This confirms that nei ther starspots nor pulsations are the cause of the radial velocity variatio ns in BD -10 degrees 3166.