Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061
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Article Title | Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061 |
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ERA Journal ID | 45091 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Wright, D. J. (Author), Wittenmyer, R. A. (Author), Tinney, C. G. (Author), Bentley, J. S. (Author) and Zhao, Jinglin (Author) |
Journal Title | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Journal Citation | 817 (2) |
Article Number | L20 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2041-8205 |
2041-8213 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/817/2/L20 |
Web Address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/817/2/L20 |
Abstract | We use archival HARPS spectra to detect three planets orbiting the M3 dwarf Wolf 1061 (GJ 628). We detect a 1.36M⊕ minimum-mass planet with an orbital period P = 4.888 days (Wolf 1061b), a 4.25M⊕ minimum-mass planet with orbital period P = 17.867 days (Wolf 1061c), and a likely 5.21M⊕ minimum-mass planet with orbital period P = 67.274 days (Wolf 1061d). All of the planets are of sufficiently low mass that they may be rocky in nature. The 17.867 day planet falls within the habitable zone for Wolf 1061 and the 67.274 day planet falls just outside the outer boundary of the habitable zone. There are no signs of activity observed in the bisector spans, cross-correlation FWHMs, calcium H & K indices, NaD indices, or Hα indices near the planetary periods. We use custom methods to generate a cross-correlation template tailored to the star. The resulting velocities do not suffer the strong annual variation observed in the HARPS DRS velocities. This differential technique should deliver better exploitation of the archival HARPS data for the detection of planets at extremely low amplitudes. |
Keywords | methods; data analysis; planets and satellites; detection; stars; spectroscopic |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | For access to this article, please click on the URL link provided. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3x44/three-planets-orbiting-wolf-1061
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