The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156 and HD 103197: A Neptune analogue and two intermediate mass planets

Details The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156 and HD 103197: A Neptune analogue and two intermediate mass planets The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156 and HD 103197: A Neptune analogue and two intermediate mass planets

2010-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/1010.0856v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

9 pages, 5 figures. Accepted to A&A

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We report the detection of three new extrasolar planets orbiting the solar type stars HD 85390, HD 90156 and HD 103197 with the HARPS spectrograph mounted on the ESO 3.6-m telescope at La Silla observatory. HD 85390 has a planetary companion with a projected intermediate mass (42.0 Earth masses) on a 788-day orbit (a=1.52 AU) with an eccentricity of 0.41, for which there is no analogue in the solar system. A drift in the data indicates the presence of another companion on a long period orbit, which is however not covered by our measurements. HD 90156 is orbited by a warm Neptune analogue with a minimum mass of 17.98 Earth masses (1.05 Neptune masses), a period of 49.8 days (a=0.25 AU) and an eccentricity of 0.31. HD 103197 has an intermediate mass planet on a circular orbit (P=47.8 d, Msini=31.2 Earth masses). We discuss the formation of planets of intermediate mass (about 30-100 Earth masses) which should be rare inside a few AU according to core accretion formation models.

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