Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-04-19
Celest. Mech. Dynam. Astron., 2008, Vol. 102, Issue 4, pp. 297-325
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
28 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables; Accepted to Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10569-008-9163-4
The full set of published radial velocity data (52 measurements from Keck + 58 ones from ELODIE + 17 ones from CORALIE) for the star HD37124 is analysed. Two families of dynamically stable high-eccentricity orbital solutions for the planetary system are found. In the first one, the outer planets c and d are trapped in the 2/1 mean-motion resonance. The second family of solutions corresponds to the 5/2 mean-motion resonance between these planets. In both families, the planets are locked in (or close to) an apsidal corotation resonance. In the case of the 2/1 MMR, it is an asymmetric apsidal corotation (with the difference between the longitudes of periastra $\Delta\omega\sim 60^\circ$), whereas in the case of the 5/2 MMR it is a symmetric antialigned one ($\Delta\omega = 180^\circ$). It remains also possible that the two outer planets are not trapped in an orbital resonance. Then their orbital eccentricities should be relatively small (less than, say, 0.15) and the ratio of their orbital periods is unlikely to exceed $2.3-2.5$.
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