Bibcode
DOI
Endl, Michael; Hatzes, Artie P.; Cochran, William D.; McArthur, Barbara; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Paulson, Diane B.; Guenther, Eike; Bedalov, Ana
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 611, Issue 2, pp. 1121-1124.
Fecha de publicación:
8
2004
Revista
Número de citas
41
Número de citas referidas
34
Descripción
Since the beginning of precise Doppler surveys, which have had stunning
success in detecting extrasolar planetary companions, one surprising
enigma has emerged: the relative paucity of spectroscopic binaries where
the secondary mass lies in between the stellar and planetary mass
regime. This gap in the mass function for close-in (a<3-4 AU)
companions to solar-type stars is generally referred to as the ``brown
dwarf desert.'' Here we report the detection of a companion to HD 137510
(G0 IV), with a minimum mass of 26MJ, moving in an eccentric
orbit (e=0.4) with a period of 798 days and an orbital semimajor axis of
1.85 AU. The detection is based on precise differential radial velocity
data obtained by the McDonald Observatory and Thüringer
Landessternwarte Tautenburg planet search programs.
Based on observations made at McDonald Observatory and the
Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg.