Notes for ups And

update: 10 May 2005

The planets:

Detection method: Radial Velocity

Basic data:

Name:	ups-And b	ups-And c	ups-And d
M.sini:	0.69 M_J	1.89 M_J	3.75 M_J Mazeh et al. 1999: M = 10.1 ± 4.7 M_J
Radius:	< 2.2 Jup		-
Semi-major axis:	0.059 AU	0.829 AU	2.53 AU
Orbital period:	4.6170 ± 0.0003 d.	241.5 ± 1.1 d.	1284. ± 30 d.
Eccentricity:	0.012 ± 0.15	0.28 ± 0.11	0.27 ± 0.11
Omega:	73	250	260
T_peri (JD-2450000):	2.093	160.5	64
inclination:	-	-	-

Remarks:
20 apr. 03: Planet in wide (a ~ 750 AU) binary system (Eggenberger et al 2003) 21 May. 02:A M4.5 V stellar companion detected at ~ 750 AU (Lowrance et al 2002)
22 Nov. 00: From astrometry Han et al (2000) claim a preliminary mass of 10 M_J and inclination of 155.5^o for the planet d.
Circumstellar disk searched for at UKIRT and KECK but not found (Trilling et al. 1999, 2000)
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- LAUGHLIN G. & ADAMS F., 1999
  Stability and Chaos in the upsilon Andromedae Planetary System.
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Other Web pages:
- Upsilon Andromedae Today: The Apsidal Lock in Action (.AVI movie) (Eugene Chiang)
- Evolution of Upsilon Andromedae: The Key to the Apsidal Lock (.AVI movie) (Eugene Chiang)
- Velocity curve (Marcy and Butler)
- upsilon And orbits and radial velocity curves (AFOE)
- Orbits of ups And 3 planets with the Solar system (inner planets) (AFOE)
- Orbits of ups And 3 planets with the Solar system (out to Jupiter)(AFOE)
- Orbits of ups And 3 planets with the Solar system (inner planets) and radial velocity plots (AFOE)
- Orbits of ups And 3 planets with the Solar system (out to Jupiter) and radial velocity plots (AFOE) with caption
- Simulation of the planetary system (CfA)
- Finding chart (Digital Sky Survey from Palomar)
Press release (15 April 1999)
Where is ups And? (APOD)

The star:

Distance: 13.47 pc
Spectral type: F8V
Apparent magnitude: B = 4.63, V = 4.09
Metallicity: [Fe/H] = 0.09
Mass (M_sun): M = 1.3
Coordinates (2000): RA = 01 36 48.527, DEC = +41 24 38.71
More data:
- Basic Data (from simbad ; erroneously classified as `spectroscopic binary' in Simbad.)
- Most recent refs. (from ADS; enter `ups And' in the `objects' field)

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