The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets. II. A multi-planet system around HD9446

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2010-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0682v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

7 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in A&A

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We report the discovery of a planetary system around HD9446, performed from radial velocity measurements secured with the spectrograph SOPHIE at the 193-cm telescope of the Haute-Provence Observatory during more than two years. At least two planets orbit this G5V, active star: HD9446b has a minimum mass of 0.7 M_Jup and a slightly eccentric orbit with a period of 30 days, whereas HD9446c has a minimum mass of 1.8 M_Jup and a circular orbit with a period of 193 days. As for most of the known multi-planet systems, the HD9446-system presents a hierarchical disposition, with a massive outer planet and a lighter inner planet.

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