Notes for GM Aurigae
by
Jean Schneider
update: 12 February 2003
The planet(s):
- Detection method: Gap in disk
- Basic data:
| Name: |
GM Aurigae b |
| M.sini: |
~ 1.7 MJ |
| Semi-major axis: |
2.5 AU |
| Orbital period: |
~ 4 yrs. |
| Eccentricity: |
- |
| Omega (deg): |
- |
| T_peri (JD-2450000): |
- |
| Inclination: |
54 ± 5 deg |
- Remarks:
- 12 Feb 03: Planet yet undetected; parameters predicted from disk
spectral energy distribution (Rice et al 2003).
- References:
- RICE W., WOOD K., ARMITAGE P., WHITNEY B. & BJORKMAN J., 2003
Constraints on a planetary origin for the gap in GM Aurigae's
protoplanetary disc.
MNRAS, accepted
preprint
- Other Web pages:
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The star:
- Distance: 140 pc
- Spectral type: K5V:e T Tau-type
- Apparent magnitude: V = 5.07
- Coordinates (2000): RA = 04 55 10.2
DEC = +30 21 58
- Metallicity: [Fe/H] = ?
- Mass (M_sun): M = 0.85
- More data:
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