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  A Planetary System around 55 Cnc
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  Last update: January the 21st 2004

 
 
 
  • 55 Cnc b discovery paper: "Three New 51 Pegasi--Type Planets"
    R.P. Butler, G.W. Marcy, E. Williams, H. Hauser, P. Shirts, 1997, ApJ 474, L115
    -- ADS

  • System discovery paper: "A Planet at 5 AU around 55 Cancri"
    G.W. Marcy, R.P. Butler, D.A. Fischer, G. Laughlin, S.S. Vogt, G.W. Henry, D. Pourbaix, 2002, ApJ 581, 1375
    -- ADS

  • Confirmation paper:"The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III: Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE"
    D. Naef, M. Mayor, J.L. Beuzit, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, J.P. Sivan, S. Udry, 2004, A&A 414, 351--ADS


  • Remark: The signal induced by the intermediate planet is only marginally present in our data. It is too small to allow us to constrain the orbital parameters of 55 Cnc c

  •  

    a: Phase-folded velocities for 55 Cnc b
    (signal from the outer planet removed).
    b: Phase-folded velocities for 55 Cnc d
    (signals induced by 55 Cnc b removed).
    c: Residuals around the solution.
    Larger image (36 kb)


  • Elodie orbital solution as published in Naef et al. 2004:

    Object
    Period
    (days)
    T0
    (JD - 2 400 000)
    Eccentricity
    V
    (km/s)
    Omega
    (deg)
    K1
    (km/s)
    msini
    (M_Jup)
    with M1=0.95 M_Sol
    a
    (AU)
    N
    Residuals
    (m/s)
    55 Cnc b
    14.647 +/- 0.001
    50000.80 +/- 0.48
    0.030 +/- 0.023
    27.252 +/- 0.009
    63 +/- 12
    0.0783 +/- 0.0018
    0.91 +/- 0.02
    0.115
    48
    9.0
    55 Cnc d
    4545 +/- 1421
    50568 +/- 200
    0.24 +/- 0.13
    "
    347 +/- 23
    0.0378 +/- 0.0039
    2.89 +/- 0.47
    5.28
    "
    "


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