Two Jovian Planets around the Giant Star HD 202696: A Growing Population of Packed Massive Planetary Pairs around Massive Stars?
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road (Hong Kong)
- Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015 (United States)
We present evidence for a new two-planet system around the giant star HD 202696 (=HIP 105056, BD +26 4118). The discovery is based on public HIRES radial velocity (RV) measurements taken at Keck Observatory between 2007 July and 2014 September. We estimate a stellar mass of 1.91{sub −0.14}{sup +0.09}M{sub ⊙} for HD 202696, which is located close to the base of the red giant branch. A two-planet self-consistent dynamical modeling MCMC scheme of the RV data followed by a long-term stability test suggests planetary orbital periods of P {sub b} = 517.8{sub −3.9}{sup +8.9} and P {sub c} = 946.6{sub −20.9}{sup +20.7} days, eccentricities of e {sub b} = 0.011{sub −0.011}{sup +0.078} and e {sub c} = 0.028{sub −0.012}{sup +0.065}, and minimum dynamical masses of m {sub b} = 2.00{sub −0.10}{sup +0.22} and m {sub c} = 1.86{sub −0.23}{sup +0.18} M {sub Jup}, respectively. Our stable MCMC samples are consistent with orbital configurations predominantly in a mean period ratio of 11:6 and its close-by high-order mean-motion commensurabilities with low eccentricities. For the majority of the stable configurations, we find an aligned or anti-aligned apsidal libration (i.e., Δω librating around 0° or 180°), suggesting that the HD 202696 system is likely dominated by secular perturbations near the high-order 11:6 mean-motion resonance. The HD 202696 system is yet another Jovian-mass pair around an intermediate-mass star with a period ratio below the 2:1 mean-motion resonance. Therefore, the HD 202696 system is an important discovery that may shed light on the primordial disk–planet properties needed for giant planets to break the strong 2:1 mean-motion resonance and settle in more compact orbits.
- OSTI ID:
- 22897327
- Journal Information:
- Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 157, Issue 3; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1538-3881
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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