Notes for HD 179949

update: 22 April 2005

The planet(s):

• Detection method: Radial velocity
• Basic data:

  Name:	HD 179949 b
  M.sini:	0.98 MJ
  Semi-major axis:	0.04 AU
  Orbital period:	3.092 d.
  Eccentricity:	0.04
  Omega (deg):	169
  T_peri (JD-2450000):	1792.39
  Inclination:	-

• Remarks:
• References:
  1. PREUSSE S., KOPP A., BÜCHNER J. & MOTSCHMANN U., 2005
     Stellar wind regimes of close-in extrasolar planets.
     Astron. & Astrophys., 434, 1191
     paper
  2. SCHÜTZ O., BÖHNHARDT H., PANTIN E., STERZIK M., ELS S., HAHN J. & HENNING Th., 2004
     A search for circumstellar dust disks with ADONIS.
     Astron. & Astrophys., accepted
     preprint
  3. SHKOLNIK E., WALKER G. & BOHLENDER D., 2003
     Evidence for Planet-Induced Chromospheric Activity on HD 179949.
     ApJ., 597, 1092
     paper
     erratum
  4. SHKOLNIK E., WALKER G. a BOHLENDER D., 2003a
     Chromospheric Activity Induced by Short-Period Planets.
     BAAS, 35 Nr.5, #123.04
     abstract
  5. SHKOLNIK E., WALKER G. BOHLENDER D., GU P. & KURSTER M., 2004
     Hot Jupiters and Hot Spots: The Short- and Long-term Chromospheric Activity on Stars with Giant Planets.
     ApJ, accepted
     preprint
  6. STEVENS I., 2004
     Magnetospheric Radio Emission from Extrasolar Giant Planets: The Role of the Host Stars.
     MNRAS, in press
     preprint
  7. TINNEY C., BUTLER P., MARCY G., JONES H., PENNY A., VOGT S., APPS K. & HENRY C. 2000
     First Results from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search - A Brown Dwarf Candidate and a 51 Peg-like Planet.
     ApJ. Lett., 551, 507
     paper
• Other Web pages:
  1. Anglo-Australian Observatory press release and planet data
  2. RV curve and planet data (Marcy et al)

The star:

• Distance: 27 pc
• Spectral type: F8V
• Apparent magnitude: V = 6.254
• Coordinates (2000):     RA = 19 15 33.2278       DEC = -24 10 45.668
• Metallicity: [Fe/H] = 0.02
• Mass (M_sun): M = 1.24
• More data:
  • Basic Data (from simbad )
  • Most recent refs. (from ADS; enter ` HD 179949 ' in the `objects' field)