HD_155233_b

HD 155233 b

HD 155233 b is a confirmed brown dwarf orbiting around the K-type giant star HD 155233 every 826 days, some 244 light-years away.[3] It has a minimum mass of almost 3 times that of Jupiter, and so was initially thought to be a gas giant exoplanet similar to Jupiter. However, in 2023 the inclination and true mass of HD 155233 b were determined via astrometry, showing it to be a brown dwarf about 32 times the mass of Jupiter in a nearly face-on orbit.[2][4]

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HD 155233 b was discovered by Wittenmyer et al. in October 2015.[1] The orbit and mass were refined in 2016,[5] and again in 2023.[2]


References

  1. Wittenmyer, R. A.; Butler, R. P.; Wang, L.; Bergmann, C.; Salter, G. S.; Tinney, C. G.; Johnson, J. A. (2015), "The Pan-Pacific Planet Search III: Five companions orbiting giant stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455 (2): 1398–1405, arXiv:1510.04343, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2396
  2. Xiao, Guang-Yao; Liu, Yu-Juan; et al. (May 2023). "The Masses of a Sample of Radial-Velocity Exoplanets with Astrometric Measurements". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 23 (5): 055022. arXiv:2303.12409. Bibcode:2023RAA....23e5022X. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/accb7e.
  3. "HD 155233". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. Jones, M. I.; Jenkins, J. S.; Brahm, R.; Wittenmyer, R. A.; Olivares e., F.; Melo, C. H. F.; Rojo, P.; Jordán, A.; Drass, H.; Butler, R. P.; Wang, L. (2016), "Four new planets around giant stars and the mass-metallicity correlation of planet-hosting stars", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 590: A38, arXiv:1603.03738, Bibcode:2016A&A...590A..38J, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628067, S2CID 45730401

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